Anabelcia kala (Prout, 1924) -

Taxonomic Information

Anabelcia Behounek & Kononenko, 2012 species known from India
Anabelcia kala (Prout, 1924). India: Arunachal Pradesh.  
Anabelcia nepalensis (Haruta, 1993). India: Uttarakhand (Bhimtal), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal (TL).  

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Similar species: Anabelcia nepalensis (Harutai, 1993) 

Based on Behounek & Kononenko (2012), Anabelcia kala (Figs 2–5) and Anabelcia nepalensis (Figs 6–8).
Diagnosis: Externally A. nepalensis easily can be distinguished from A. kala by presence of dark brown or blackish suffusion in the mid-section of medial field below Cu trunk (not expressed in A. kala), less developed dentate lines in the medial field and uninterrupted brown submedial field (in A. kala it is interrupted in the mid-section, forming isolated subapical and tornal brown patches).

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1
  1. Belciana kala Prout, 1924. Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3): 442, pl. 15, f. 6; TL: Sumatra, Barisan Range, Mt Korintji. Text at https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofh112192122hill#page/442/mode/1up
  2. Behounek, G. & Kononenko, V.S. (2012a). A revision of the”Belciana” kala Prout, 1924 species group with description of a new genus and two new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from East Asia. Revision of Pantheinae,contribution VI. Zootaxa, 3590, 1–15. Figs 2–5.  
  3. Behounek, G. & Kononenko, V.S. (2012b) A revision of the”Belciana” viridipicta (Hampson, 1902) species group with description of a new genus and two new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, Contribution VII. Zootaxa, 3590, 37–50.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Anabelcia kala (Prout, 1924) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/anabelcia-kala, accessed 2024/11/05.