Alcis arisema Prout, 1934 -

Taxonomic Information

Alcis Curtis, 1826 species known from India. 
Alcis admissaria (Guenée, [1858]). North India. 
Alcis albifera (Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).  
Alcis albilnea Sato, 1993. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).  
Alcis arisema Prout, 1934. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Tawang, Tale WLS). 
Alcis athola (Prout, 1926). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).  
Alcis decussata (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).  
Alcis granitaria (Moore, 1888).India: Kashmir (Sind valley, Chamba). 
Alcis holophaearia (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Dana), Punjab 
Alcis imbecilis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Alcis iterata Butler, 1886. NW India.  
Alcis latifasciata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim. 
Alcis maculata (Moore, 1868).India: Bengal.
Alcis macroclarata Sato, 1993. India: Bengal. 
Alcis megaspilaria (Moore, 1867). India. 
Alcis nigralbata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim. 
Alcis nigridorsaria (Guenée, 1858). India.
Alcis nilgirica Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris. 
Alcis orbifer Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Alcis perspicuata perspicuata (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal. 
Alcis perspicuata vicana Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Alcis pleniferata (Walker, [1863]). Bhutan.  
Alcis prosoica (Wehrli, 1943). India:Himalayas. 
Alcis periphracta (Prout, 1926). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal. 
Alcis quadrifera (Walker, 1866). India: North India. 
Alcis rufomagrinata (Moore, [1868]). India: Bengal. 
Alcis semialba (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).  
Alcis semiclarata (Walker, 1862). India: Sikkim, West Himalaya. 
Alcis stictineura (Hampson, 1907).India: Kashmir (Rala, Koksar). 
Alcis sublimis Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharamsala).  
Alcis subnitida Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim (Tonglo), West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Alcis subolivacea (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Rala, Koksar). 
Alcis subrufaria Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim. 
Alcis tenera Warren, 1893.India: Sikkim. 
Alcis trikotaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875).India: Himalayas. 
Alcis variegata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Uttarakhand.  
Alcis variegata nebulosa (Swinhoe, 1891) 
Alcis venustularia (Walker, 1866). North India. 

Alcis vialis (Moore, 1888)is now treated as Harutalcis vialis (Moore, 1888).
Alcis atrostipata (Walker, 1862) is now treated as Harutalcis atrostipata (Walker, 1862).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
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Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
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Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
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Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Alcis arisema Prout, 1934. Nov. Zool. 39. Pg. 118. TL: W. China. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53891#page/164/mode/1up.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 74/3. 
  3. Chandra, K. and Sambath, S., 2013. Moth diversity of Tawang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5(1), pp.3565-3570. Image. 15. 
  4. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572.pg. 11, Image 280. 
  5.  Sondhi, S. 2024. Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust, India, xii+280 pp. Pl. 23/23. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Alcis arisema Prout, 1934 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/alcis-arisema, accessed 2025/02/19.