Asota
javana Cramer
Phalaena javana Cramer, 1780, Uitl. Kapellen 3:146.
Asota fiaviventris Rothschild,
1897, Novit. Zool. 4: 332.
Diagnosis. The wings are dark brown with yellow edging, the
forewings with large and conspicuous white stigmata within the brown. The
abdomen is black with a yellow apex.
Geographical range. Sundaland,
Philippines, Sulawesi, Sula Is.
Habitat preference. The
species is infrequent, taken from the lowlands to the lower montane forest zone.
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