Achaea serva

Achaea serva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Achaea
Species:	A. serva
Binomial name
Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua servaFabricius, 1775 Achaea fasciculipesWalker, 1858

Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java, the Philippines, the New Hebrides, to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia. ^[1]

Description

This species has a wingspan of 70–82 mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Ecology

Recorded larval food plants include Buchanania , Ipomoea , Diospyros , Rosa , Sapindus , Madhuca , Manilkara , Mimusops , Palaquium , Sideroxylon , Excoecaria agallocha , Ricinus communis and Acacia auriculiformis . ^[4]

Subspecies

• Achaea serva serva
• Achaea serva fuscosuffusa (New Guinea)

Gallery

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  Female, dorsal view
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  Female, ventral view
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  Male, dorsal view
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  Male, ventral view

References

1. "Achaea serva Fabricius (1775)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
2. Edwards, E. D. (1978). "A Review of the Genus Achaea Hübner in Australia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 17: 329–340. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01501.x .
3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Achaea serva Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
4. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 September 2011). "Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 December 2019.