Taxonomic Information
Phalacra Walker, 1866 species known from India (Joshi et al. 2020).
Phalacra acutipennis Swinhoe, 1903. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Phalacra albilinea Warren, 1899. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Phalacra excisa Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim.
Phalacra ochrea Warren, 1922. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Phalacra perspicaria (Fabricius, 1798) (Phalaena). India: Tamil Nadu.
Phalacra strigata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya.
Phalacra vidhisara (Walker, 1860) (Hemerophila). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Nilgiris; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Phalacra excisa -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total |
- OD: Phalacra excisa Hampson, [1893]. Fauna Br. India (Moths), 1: 345-346.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.) 1922. Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 10, pg. 459, Pl. 48h.
- Joshi, R., Singh, N., László, G.M. and J. Ahmad. 2020. An Updated Checklist of Superfamily Drepanoidea (Lepidoptera) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), pp.1-24.
Note: Both wings with outer margin excised below apex.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Phalacra excisa Hampson, [1893] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/phalacra-excisa, accessed 2025/01/22.