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Belciana prasina (Swinhoe, 1903)
Polydesma prasina Swinhoe, 1903; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 12 (68): 199; TL: Jaintia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof7121903lond/page/199/mode/1up?view=theater
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 277, Pl. 37/19.
Behounek, G., Han, H.L. and Kononenko, V.S., 2015. A revision of the genus Belciana Walker, 1862 with description of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from East and South East Asia. Revision of Pantheinae, contribution XII. Zootaxa, 4027(3), pp.341-365. Pg. 349, Fig. 14-16.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/967892-Belciana-prasina
Moths of Borneo, vol. 13. Pg. 20, Pl. 1/5.
Similar species: Belciana bicolor Wileman & West, 1929. Extralimital species; best separated from prasina by genitalia.
Belciana Walker, 1862 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Belciana biformis (Walker, 1858). Sri Lanka.
Belciana prasina (Swinhoe, 1903). India: Meghalaya, E. & W. Ghats.
Belciana hemodi (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874). India: Uttarakhand (Bhimtal), E. & W. Ghats.
Polydesma prasina Swinhoe, 1903; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 12 (68): 199; TL: Jaintia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof7121903lond/page/199/mode/1up?view=theater
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 277, Pl. 37/19.
Behounek, G., Han, H.L. and Kononenko, V.S., 2015. A revision of the genus Belciana Walker, 1862 with description of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from East and South East Asia. Revision of Pantheinae, contribution XII. Zootaxa, 4027(3), pp.341-365. Pg. 349, Fig. 14-16.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/967892-Belciana-prasina
Moths of Borneo, vol. 13. Pg. 20, Pl. 1/5.
Similar species: Belciana bicolor Wileman & West, 1929. Extralimital species; best separated from prasina by genitalia.
Belciana Walker, 1862 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Belciana biformis (Walker, 1858). Sri Lanka.
Belciana prasina (Swinhoe, 1903). India: Meghalaya, E. & W. Ghats.
Belciana hemodi (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874). India: Uttarakhand (Bhimtal), E. & W. Ghats.