Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Burma, China, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java, Philippines, New Hebrides, to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia.

Description

This species has a wingspan of 70-82mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females. Pale medial band on hind wing is less prominent. The forewing underside is more diffusely marked and less strongly variegated, but has a discal lunule. Caterpillars are brown in color. First pair of prolegs is atrophied, so they move in a looper fashion. Tail consists a small pair of horns.

Ecology

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

Subspecies

Achaea serva serva
Achaea serva fuscosuffusa (New Guinea)