Taxonomic Information
Psilalcis Warren, 1893 species known from India (Kirti et al. 2019).
Psilalcis albibasis Hampson, 1895. India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim; Nepal.
Psilalcis bisinuata (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Psilalcis breta breta (Swinhoe, 1890). India: Nilgiris Hills.
Psilalcis conspicuata (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Psilalcis dierli Sato, 1995. Nepal; India: Kumaon, Nanital, Uttarakhand.
Psilalcis inceptaria (Walker, 1866). India: Nilgiris, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Psilalcis indistincta (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Psilalcis inoueorum Sato, 2008. Myanmar (TL); India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Psilalcis pallidaria (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Psilalcis rufaria (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
Psilalcis subochrea (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Psilalcis subtochracea (Hampson, 1902). India: Nilgiris.
Psilalcis thricophora (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
- Narapa breta Swinhoe, 1889. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 426. TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91210#page/550/mode/1up
- Tephrosia inceptaria Walker, 1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1590.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.pg. 262, # 3397. Treated as a synonym of Boarmia inceptaria.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pg. 13, Pl. 35/17-18.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=92192
Note: Earlier consider a synonym of Tephrosia inceptaria Walker, 1866 but removed from synonymy by Inoue.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Psilalcis breta (Swinhoe, 1889) – . 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/psilalcis-breta, accessed 2025/04/24.