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 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Eupanacra mydon (Walker, 1856) – Common Rippled Hawkmoth: Arisaema tortuosum, Amorphophallus sp.(Araceae)(Robinson et al. 2010).
- Panacra mydon Walker, 1856. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 155. TL: [Bangladesh,] Silhet [Sylhet].
- Inoue, H., R.D. Kennett & I.J. Kitching. 1997. Moths of Thailand, Volume 2: Sphingidae. Pg 76, # 100, Pl 25.
- https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1045
- https://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/e_myd.htm
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Eupanacra mydon (Walker, 1856) – Common 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/index.php/eupanacra-mydon, accessed 2025/11/10.