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
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 3 | 1 |
- Phalera eminens Schintlmeister, 1997. Entomofauna Supplement 9: 136; TL: N. Vietnam, Fan-si-pan.
- Wu, C. S., & C. L. Fang. 2004. A review of the genus Phalera Hübner in China (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Oriental Insects 38(1): 109-136. Pg. 116, Fig. 13.
- Schintlmeister, A., & A. Pinratana. 2007. Moths of Thailand,Volume 5. Notodontidae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 320 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 224, # 249, Pl 35.
- Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar & K. Kunte, 2024. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region. Trop. Lepid. Res., 34(1): 47-59. Pg. 50, Figures 1G-H, 2D, 6D.
Note: New record for India (Sondhi et al 2024).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Phalera eminens Schintlmeister, 1997 – . 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/Phalera-eminens, accessed 2025/10/29.
