Eupanacra metallica (Butler, 1875) - Metallic Rippled Hawkmoth

Taxonomic Information

List of Eupanacra Cadiou & Holloway, 1989 known from India.
Eupanacra automedon (Walker, 1856), Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), North East India, Nepal (Leong, 2009).
Eupanacra busiris (Walker, 1856), Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Eupanacra malayana (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903), Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Eupanacra metallica (Butler, 1875), Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim (Bortolin et al., 1998).
Eupanacra mydon (Walker, 1856), Assam (Arandhara et al.,2017), Meghalaya (Bortolin et al.,1998), Uttarakhand (Sondhi and Sondhi, 2016).
Eupanacra perfecta (Butler, 1875), Sikkim, West Bengal (Kitching, 2020).
Eupanacra radians (Gehlen., 1930), Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Eupanacra regularis (Butler, 1875).
Eupanacra sinuata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903), North East India, Nepal (Pittaway and Kitching, 2020).
Eupanacra variolosa (Walker, 1856), Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total11
Eupanacra metallica (Butler, 1875) – Metallic Rippled Hawkmoth: Arum spp. (Araceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. OD: Panacra metallica Butler, 1875. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 6. Type locality: TL: Sylhet, Bangladesh
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 23/4.
  3. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/e_met.htm [accessed 20 March 2020]
  4. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=75474 [accessed 20 March 2020]

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Eupanacra metallica (Butler, 1875) – Metallic Rippled Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/eupanacra-metallica, accessed 2024/03/28.