Taxonomic Information
Atacira Swinhoe, 1900 species known from India.
Atacira chalybsa (Hampson, 1891). TL: Nilgiris, India. Oriental tropics.
Atacira melanephra (Hampson, 1912). India: Sikkim; Sri Lanka.
Atacira glauca (Prout, 1928). India (?).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Atacira melanephra -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Assam | |||||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 4 |
- OD: Eutelia melanephra Hampson, 1912. Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Brit. Mus. 11: 35, pl. 174, f. 27; TL: Sikkim. Text (for key) at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101549#page/57/mode/1up. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101549#page/57/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1912. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 11, Pg. 355, Pl. 32d. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/569/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 42/14.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls.Pl. 36/13.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-14/euteliinae/euteliinae_4_8.php
- http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/120343 http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/16_Euteliinae/3958.1Atacira_melanephra/Atacira_melanephra_960703_1.jpg
Note: Going by the description and key in Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Brit. Mus. 11, the reniform is rufous in chalybsa, black in melanephra. Rest of the description is insufficient for separation, including the key; hence provisionally identified. Best separated by comparing genitalia.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Atacira melanephra (Hampson, 1912) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/atacira-melanephra, accessed 2025/04/23.