Taxonomic Information
Eupanacra Cadiou & Holloway, 1989 species known from India.
Eupanacra automedon (Walker, 1856). India: Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), North East India, Nepal (Leong, 2009).
Eupanacra busiris (Walker, 1856), Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Eupanacra malayana (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903). India: Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Eupanacra metallica (Butler, 1875). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim (Bortolin et al., 1998).
Eupanacra mydon (Walker, 1856). India: Assam (Arandhara et al.,2017), Meghalaya (Bortolin et al.,1998), Uttarakhand (Sondhi and Sondhi, 2016).
Eupanacra perfecta (Butler, 1875). India: Sikkim, West Bengal (Kitching, 2020).
Eupanacra radians (Gehlen., 1930). India: Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Eupanacra regularis (Butler, 1875).
Eupanacra sinuata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903). India: North East India, Nepal (Pittaway and Kitching, 2020).
Eupanacra variolosa (Walker, 1856). India: Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Panacra metallica Butler, 1875. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 6. Type locality: TL: Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 23/4.
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/e_met.htm [accessed 20 March 2020]
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=75474 [accessed 20 March 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Eupanacra metallica (Butler, 1875) – Metallic Rippled Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/eupanacra-metallica, accessed 2025/10/27.


