Taxonomic Information
Metabraxas Butler, 1881 species known from India.
Metabraxas coryneta (Swinhoe, 1894) India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong), Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Myanmar.
Metabraxas pectinella Yazaki, 2020. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Metabraxas regularis Warren, 1893. India: Naga Hills (TL).
Metabraxas tincta (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Metabraxas pectinella Yazaki, 2020. In: Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Pg. 37-38, Pl. 9/5, Fig. 20. TL: Laos, Luang, Prabang, Phou Khoun, 1360 m.
- Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar & K. Kunte, 2025. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region: Part 2. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 35(1): 1-13. Pg. 5, (Figure 1E, Figure 3B, Figure 8E)
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Metabraxas pectinella Yazaki, 2020 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/metabraxas-pectinella, accessed 2025/06/02.