Taxonomic Information
List of Achaea Hübner, [1823] species known from India.
Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758). Bhutan; India.
Achaea mezentia (Stoll, [1780]). Sri Lanka; South India.
Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775). Sri Lanka; India.
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 7 |
Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758): Anogeissus latifolia (Combretaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae),Vernicia montana, Euphorbia hirta, Jatropha curcas, Ricinus communis, Sapium sebiferum (Euphorbiaceae), Phyllanthus emblica (Phyllanthaceae), Bauhinia vahlii, Acacia farnesiana, Albizia amara (Fabaceae), Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae),Citrus medica (Rutaceae), Schleichera oleosa (Sapindaceae), Madhuca longifolia (Sapotaceae), Microcos tomentosa (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Phalaena (Geometra) janata Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 527; TL: Indiis.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pg 84, # 396, pl 20/3.
- Holloway, J. D. 2005. The Moths of Borneo. Part 15/16. Noctuidae, Catocalini. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/ophiusini_5_2.php [accessed 6 Sep 2015]
- Wikipedia contributors. Achaea janata [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Jan 3, 00:26 UTC [cited 2015 Sep 6]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achaea_janata&oldid=640729065.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758) – Castor Semi-looper. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/achaea-janata, accessed 2024/04/24.