Taxonomic Information
Harutalcis Sato, 1993 species known from India.
Harutalcis atrostipata (Walker, 1862). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Harutalcis glaucodisca (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Harutalcis godavariensis (Sato, 1993), Nepal: Godavari; India: Sikkim (Gangtok), Uttarakhand.
Harutalcis megaspilaria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.
Harutalcis vialis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar to Harutalcis glaucodisca (Swinhoe, 1894), but different from it as follows. Both wings more densely irrorate with fuscous. Forewing with paler median area and without yellowish tint along the posterior margin. Hindwing with white undulated subterminal line at posterior half. Underside of both wings more densely irrorate with fuscous, broader distal black band running (Sato, 1993).
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
- Harutalcis godavariensis Sato,1993, in Haruta, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3), Moths of Nepal, Part 2, pg. 12, pl. 35, fig. 14.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. pg. 75, pl. 26/9.
- Sahu, L. and Singh, A.P., 2025. Recent Range Extension of Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) in Moist Temperate Ban Oak (Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus) Forests of Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, from Neighbouring Sub-regions of Central and Eastern Himalaya, India. National Academy Science Letters, pp.1-17. Fig. 3/14-15.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Harutalcis godavariensis Sato, 1993 – . 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/harutalcis-godavariensis, accessed 2025/10/27.