Taxonomic Information
Phalacra Walker, 1866 species known from India (Joshi et al. 2020).
Phalacra acutipennis Swinhoe, 1903. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Phalacra albilinea Warren, 1899. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Phalacra excisa Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim.
Phalacra ochrea Warren, 1922. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Phalacra perspicaria (Fabricius, 1798) (Phalaena). India: Tamil Nadu.
Phalacra strigata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh.
Phalacra vidhisara (Walker, 1860) (Hemerophila). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Nilgiris; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Phalacra vidhisara (Walker, 1860): Cocos nucifera, Phoenix dactylifera, Phoenix sylvestris (Arecaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Hemerophila vidhisara Walker, 1860. List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., 21: 319. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120012#page/585/mode/1up for female.
- Phalacra metagonaria Walker, 1866. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1639; TL: Hindostan.
- Moore, F. 1884-7. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3. Pg. 511, Pl. 201/1 for female.
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 345, # 746.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.) 1922. Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol 10. Pg. 457, Pl. 48, row g.
- Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Field Guide to Indian Moths. Birdwing Publications. Edition 1. Pl 22/5.
- Joshi, R., Singh, N., László, G.M. and J. Ahmad. 2020. An Updated Checklist of Superfamily Drepanoidea (Lepidoptera) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), pp.1-24.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3763055
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Phalacra vidhisara (Walker, 1860) – . 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/phalacra-vidhisara, accessed 2025/11/03.