Taxonomic Information
Belciana Walker, 1862 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Belciana biformis (Walker, 1858). Sri Lanka.
Belciana prasina (Swinhoe, 1903). India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, E. & W. Ghats.
Belciana hemodi (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874). India: Uttarakhand (Bhimtal), E. & W. Ghats.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Belciana bicolor Wileman & West, 1929. Extralimital species; best separated from prasina by genitalia.
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| Total | 1 |
- Polydesma prasina Swinhoe, 1903; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 12 (68): 199; TL: Jaintia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof7121903lond/page/199/mode/1up?view=theater
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. pg. 277, Pl. 37/19.
- Holloway, J, D. 2009. Moths of Borneo 13. Family Noctuidae, subfamilies Paneinae (part), Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Aediinae, Eustrotiinae, Bryophilinae, Araeopteroinae, Aventiinae, Eublemminae and further miscellaneous genera Malayan Nature J. 62 (1-2) : 1-240. Pg. 20, Pl. 1/5.
- Behounek, G., Han, H.L. and Kononenko, V.S., 2015. A revision of the genus Belciana Walker, 1862 with description of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from East and South East Asia. Revision of Pantheinae, contribution XII. Zootaxa, 4027(3), pp.341-365. Pg. 349, Fig. 14-16.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/967892-Belciana-prasina
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Belciana prasina (Swinhoe, 1903) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/belciana-prasina, accessed 2025/08/15.