''Amerila astreus'' is a moth of subfamily Arctiinae described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found from the

Orient The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the c ...

al region (including India,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

) to New Guinea. The species is found in primary and secondary habitats ranging from lowlands to montane regions.

Description

Its palpi are crimson, with a black spot on each joint. Antennae red brown, with the basal joint crimson. Head and thorax whitish fuscous, the head with two black spots. Collar with two pairs of spots. Three segments of thorax are each with a pair of spots. Forewings with

hyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none. Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is ...

(glass like), with two black spots at the base. The margins, apical area, and a band on discocellulars pale fuscous. Hindwings hyaline, with a marginal fuscous band. Legs crimson, with the outer side of the femora and tibia whitish fuscous. Larva greenish with slightly hairy body. There are sub-dorsal and lateral rows of small black spots. Spiracles brownish. Head yellow.

Subspecies

*''Amerila astreus astreus'' *''Amerila astreus communis'' (Walker, 1864) *''Amerila astreus curtisi'' (Rothschild, 1910) *''Amerila astreus novaeguineae'' (Rothschild, 1914)

References

* , 1780: De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America apillons Exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique & l'Amerique3: 1–176, t. CXCII-CCLXXXVII, Amsterdam, Utrecht. * , 1773: ''Illustrations of Natural History''. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and twenty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author's own inspection, on fifty copper-plates. With a particular description of each insect; interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them 2: 1-92, 50 pl., London. * , 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by ). ''Neue Entomologische Nachrichten'' 65: 1–106, Marktleuthen. * , 1910: Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. ''Novitates Zoologicae'' 17 (1): 1-85, (2): 113–188, pl. XI-XIV, 18: pl. III-VI, London and Aylesbury. {{Taxonbar , from=Q4745731 Moths described in 1773 Amerilini Moths of Asia Taxa named by Dru Drury