Taxonomic Information
Phalacra Walker, 1866 species known from India (Joshi et al. 2020).
Phalacra acutipennis Swinhoe, 1903. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Phalacra albilinea Warren, 1899. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Phalacra excisa Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim.
Phalacra ochrea Warren, 1922. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Phalacra perspicaria (Fabricius, 1798) (Phalaena). India: Tamil Nadu.
Phalacra strigata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh.
Phalacra vidhisara (Walker, 1860) (Hemerophila). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Nilgiris; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 |
- Phalacra acutipennis Swinhoe, 1903; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 11 (65): 502; TL: Khasia Hills. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63777#page/536/mode/1up
- Joshi, R., Singh, N., László, G.M. & J. Ahmad. 2020. An Updated Checklist of Superfamily Drepanoidea (Lepidoptera) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), pp.1-24.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Pg. 20, Pl. 3/2.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1503434-Phalacra-acutipennis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Phalacra acutipennis Swinhoe, 1903 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/phalacra-acutipennis, accessed 2025/06/15.