Taxonomic Information
Similiar species:
Spaniocentra Prout, 1912 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Spaniocentra isiopania Prout, 1917. India: Maharashtra (Mumbai [Bombay]: TL)
Spaniocentra kuniyukii Yazaki, 1994. Nepal (Sagarmatha: TL).
Spaniocentra lyra (Swinhoe, 1982). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL), Uttarakhand.
Spaniocentra pannosa (Moore, [1887]). Sri Lanka (TL).
Spaniocentra tridens Holloway, 1982. Myanmar (TL).
Numerous extralimital species such as
Spaniocentra apatelloides Holloway, 1996. Borneo.
Spaniocentra hollowayi Inoue, 1986. Japan.
Spaniocentra lobata Holloway, 1982. Borneo.
Spaniocentra spicata Holloway, 1982. Malaysia.
Spaniocentra megaspilaria (Guenée, 1857). Borneo.
Barlow, 1982. Pg 244, note 81. As per Barlow, this species group are best separated by male genitalia and are similar externally.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Enospila lyra Swinhoe, 1982. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.1982, Pg. 6. 1894, Pg. 176. TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Syntypes from Cherrapunji, Shillong in Meghalaya.
- Barlow, H.S. 1982. An introduction to the moths of S.E. Asia. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Pp. 305, pl. 51. Pg 244, note 81.
- Smetacek, P. 2008. Moths recorded from different elevation in Nainital district, Kumaon Himalaya, India. Bionotes 10(1):5 -15.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=590511. [accessed 12 August 2019]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Spaniocentra lyra (Swinhoe, 1982) – . 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/spaniocentra-lyra, accessed 2025/04/24.