Taxonomic Information
Luxiaria Walker, 1860 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Luxiaria acutaria (Snellen, 1877). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Luxiaria amasa (Butler, 1878). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Luxiaria despicata Prout, 1929. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Luxiaria contigaria (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Luxiaria despicata Prout, 1929. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Luxiaria emphatica Prout, 1925. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu (KMTR) (Iyer et al 2021).
Luxiaria hypaphanes Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris, Kerala, Maharashtra.
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925. India: Nagaland (Naga Hills), Arunachal Pradesh..
Luxiaria phyllosaria (Walker, 1860). India: Khasis, Meghalaya.
Luxiaria submonstrata (Walker, 1861).
Luxiaria subrasata (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Luxiaria tephrosaria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Luxiaria turpisaria Walker, 1861.
Luxiaria obliquata Moore, 1888 and Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861 are now placed in Calletaera Warren, 1895.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 |
- Luxiaria emphatica Prout, 1925, Novit. zool., 32: 63. Holotype ♂, India: Assam, Khasis [Khasi Hills], Cherrapunji (BMNH). Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi32lond/page/63/mode/1up?view=theater
- Luxiaria versiformis Prout, 1925; Novit. Zool. 32: 63. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi32lond/page/63/mode/1up?view=theater
- Jiang, N., Xue, D. and Han, H., 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa, 3856(1), pp.073-099.pg. 79. Pl. 14-20.
- Roger Kendrick PhD Plate 23/11.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Eutoeini/eutoeini_5_7.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/574880-Luxiaria-emphatica
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Luxiaria emphatica Prout, 1925 – . 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/luxiaria-emphatica, accessed 2025/04/24.