Asota plaginota (Butler, 1875)

Spitsyn, V. M. & Bolotov, N. I., 2020, Checklist of the subfamily Aganainae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Laos with new records from adjacent countries, Far Eastern Entomologist 417, pp. 8-16 : 13

Asota plaginota (Butler, 1875)

Figs 15–18

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Laos: Vientiane Province, Phatang village, mountain forest,

19°03’52”N, 102°25’41”E, 22-28.IV 2016, 5♂ Spitsyn leg.; Vientiane Province, Phatang village , mountain bamboo forest , 19°04’55”N, 102°26’12”E, 23–28.IV 2016, 4♂, Spitsyn leg.; Luang Prabang Province, Luang Prabang city, mountain monsoon forest, 19°51’54”N,

102°07’56”E, 30.IV 2016, 1♂, Spitsyn leg.; Oudomsay Province, Oudomsay city, damaged forest on border of the city, 20°39’46”N, 101°58’14”E, 01–03.V 2016, 1♂, 1♀, Spitsyn leg.;

Luang Namtha Province, Muang Long town , tropical forest, 20°57’29”N, 100°49’41”E , 10–

21. V 2016 , 1♂, Spitsyn leg.; Luang Namtha Province, Muang Long town , tropical forest ,

20°57’25”N, 100°49’20”E, 11–22.V 2016, 2♂, 1♀, Spitsyn leg.; Luang Namtha Province ,

Viangphoukha town , tropical forest, 20°40’58”N, 101°03’28”E, 23.V 2016, 1♀, Spitsyn leg. ;

Luang Namtha Province, Viangphoukha town , tropical forest, 20°40’58”N, 101°04’42”E , 24–

25. V 2016 , 1♂, Spitsyn leg. ; Vietnam: Thanh Hoa Province, Tan Thanh village , mountain tropical forest with bamboo, 19°37’18”N, 105°17’54”E, 21–30. III 2016, 1♂, 2♀, Spitsyn leg. ; Vinh Phuc Province, Phuc Yen District, Ngoc Thanh Commune, Me Linh Station ,

mountain tropical forest, 21°23’03”N, 105°42’44”E, 01–13.IV 2016, 1♂, 2♀, Spitsyn leg.;

Myanmar: Mandalay Region, felling in mountain monsoon forest close to a river valley

22°05’56”N, 96°37’26”E, 11.III 2014, 3♂, 3♀, Bolotov and Spitsyn leg.; Kachin State ,

Malaria village, boundary between mountain rainforest and grass pastures, 27°34’12”N,

97°22’18”E, 14.III 2014, 1♂, 3♀, Bolotov and Spitsyn leg.; Kachin State, Wasandum village

(near school), mountain rainforest with bamboo patches at the river valley, 27°29’42”N,

97°11’24”E, 18–19.III 2014, 1♂, 1♀, Bolotov and Spitsyn leg.; Kachin State, Masadun village , mountain rainforest with bamboo patches at the river valley 27°29’27”N, 97°20’06”E,

13.III 2014, 1♀, Bolotov and Spitsyn leg.; Kachin State, Malaria village , dry monsoon forests with rhododendron wastelands, 27°34’26”N, 97°22’29”E , 15.III 2014, 1♂, Bolotov and Spitsyn leg.

DISTRIBUTION. Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka,

Indonesia.

REMARKS. First records from Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Morphologically variable species. In Laos, we found three forms with different marking patterns in the marginal area of the hindwing as follows: (1) with a number of black spots (typical form known from Sri

Lanka) ( Fig. 16 ); (2) without black spots ( Figs 17–18 ; form known from Thailand and Cambodia; Kononenko & Pinratana, 2005; Bayarsaikhan et al., 2016); and (3) with black spots merging into a black stripe running along the hindwing edge (rare form; Fig. 15 ).

Figures

Figs 15–22. Asota spp. from Laos. 15–18 – Asota plaginota: 15, 17 – male, 16, 18 – female; 19 – A. heliconia, male; 20 – A. heliconia, female, 21 – A. paphos, female, 22 – A. ficus, male.