Taxonomic Information
Luxiaria Walker, 1860 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Luxiaria acutaria (Snellen, 1877). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Luxiaria amasa (Butler, 1878). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Luxiaria despicata Prout, 1929. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Luxiaria contigaria (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Luxiaria despicata Prout, 1929. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Luxiaria emphatica Prout, 1925. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu (KMTR) (Iyer et al 2021).
Luxiaria hypaphanes Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris, Kerala, Maharashtra.
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925. India: Nagaland (Naga Hills), Arunachal Pradesh..
Luxiaria phyllosaria (Walker, 1860). India: Khasis, Meghalaya.
Luxiaria submonstrata (Walker, 1861).
Luxiaria subrasata (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Luxiaria tephrosaria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Luxiaria turpisaria Walker, 1861.
Luxiaria obliquata Moore, 1888 and Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861 are now placed in Calletaera Warren, 1895.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Karnataka | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- pl 70/13.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Eutoeini/eutoeini_5_1.php [accessed 15 Sep 2016]
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 214.
- inaturalist.org http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343995-Luxiaria-phyllosaria [accessed 15 Sep 2016]
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=224575 [accessed 15 Sep 2016]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Luxiaria phyllosaria (Walker, 1860) – . 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/luxiaria-phyllosaria, accessed 2025/10/29.


