Phalera argenteolepis Schintlmeister, 1997 -

Taxonomic Information

Phalera Hübner, 1819 species known from India.
Phalera argenteolepis Schintlmeister, 1997. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Phalera (Phalera) birmicola Bryk, 1949. India: Uttarakhand; Myanmar.
Phalera (Phalera) combusta (Walker, 1855). India: Uttarakhand, NE India, Maharashtra; Myanmar; Nepal.
Phalera eminens Schintlmeister, 1997. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Phalera (Phalera) goniophora Hampson, 1910. India: Punjab, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Myanmar; Nepal.
Phalera (Phalera) grotei Moore, 1860. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal.
Phalera (Phalera) javana javana Moore, 1859, India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nagaland, Maharashtra.
Phalera (Phalera) parivala Moore, 1860. India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, NE India; Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan.
Phalera (Phalera) procera (Felder & Felder, 1874). India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra.
Phalera (Phalera) raya Moore, 1860. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris); Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Phalera (Phalera) sangana Moore, 1860. India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra; Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal.
Phalera (Erconholda) torpida torpida Walker, 1865. India: NW India, Sikkim, NE India; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh3
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
Total3
  1. Phalera argenteolepis Schintlmeister, 1997. Entomofauna Supplement 9: 137; TL: N.Vietnam, Fan-si-pan.
  2. Wu, C.S. and Fang, C.L., 2004. A Review of the Genus Phalera Hübner in China (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Oriental Insects, 38(1), pp.109-136. Pg. 119, Fig. 29. 
  3. Schintlmeister, A., & A. Pinratana. 2007. Moths of Thailand,Volume 5. Notodontidae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 320 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 228, # 256, Pl. 36/256.
  4. Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar & K. Kunte, 2024. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region. Trop. Lepid. Res., 34(1): 47-59. Pg. 52, Figures 1I-J, 3A, 6E. 
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1272969-Phalera-argenteolepis

Note: New record for India (Sondhi et al 2024). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Phalera argenteolepis Schintlmeister, 1997 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Phalera-argenteolepis, accessed 2024/10/05.