Taxonomic Information
Phalera Hübner, 1819 species known from India.
Phalera argenteolepis Schintlmeister, 1997. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Phalera (Phalera) birmicola Bryk, 1949. India: Uttarakhand; Myanmar.
Phalera (Phalera) combusta (Walker, 1855). India: Uttarakhand, NE India, Maharashtra; Myanmar; Nepal.
Phalera eminens Schintlmeister, 1997. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Phalera (Phalera) goniophora Hampson, 1910. India: Punjab, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Myanmar; Nepal.
Phalera (Phalera) grotei Moore, 1860. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal.
Phalera (Phalera) javana javana Moore, 1859, India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nagaland, Maharashtra.
Phalera (Phalera) parivala Moore, 1860. India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, NE India; Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan.
Phalera (Phalera) procera (Felder & Felder, 1874). India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra.
Phalera (Phalera) raya Moore, 1860. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris); Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Phalera (Phalera) sangana Moore, 1860. India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra; Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal.
Phalera (Erconholda) torpida torpida Walker, 1865. India: NW India, Sikkim, NE India; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Phalera torpida -
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
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| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
- OD: Phalera torpida Walker, 1865. List. Lep. Het. Br. Mus. 32: 431. TL: Sikkim. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120097#page/446/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 137/6 & 137/8.
- Schintlmeister, A., & A. Pinratana. 2007. Moths of Thailand,Volume 5. Notodontidae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 320 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 226, Pl. 35/253.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 107.2.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/559372-Phalera-torpida
Note: Grey spot on forewing and rough bipectinnate antennae are diagnostic. Hindwing concolorous with wing. Rough bipectinnate antennae of the male is visible when viewed closely in the image. Identified with a cf because of this difficult genus; best confirmed by examining genitalia.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Phalera torpida Walker, 1865 – . 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/phalera-torpida, accessed 2025/11/10.