Asota javana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and on Sula Island.

Asota javana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. javana
Binomial name
Asota javana
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena javana Cramer, 1780
  • Asota fiaviventris Rothschild, 1897

The wingspan is 57–68 mm.

Subspecies

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  • Asota javana celebensis (Sulawesi)
  • Asota javana deliana (Sumatra)
  • Asota javana flaviventris (Seram, Sulawesi, Philippines)
  • Asota javana javana (Borneo, Boeton, Java, Sulawesi, Myanmar)
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  • Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Asota javana Cramer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  • Zwier, Jaap. "Asota javana javana Cramer 1780". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved August 5, 2019.