Balacra

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Syntomini
Genus: Balacra
Subgenus: B. (Balacra) – B. (Daphaenisca)
Overview of species

B. affinis – B. alberici – B. ashantica – B. aurivilliusi – B. basilewski – B. batesi – B. belga – B. brunnea – B. caeruleifascia – B. compsa – B. congoensis – B. conradti – B. curriei – B. damalis – B. daphaena – B. decora – B. diaphana – B. distincta – B. ehrmanni – B. ehrmanni – B. elegans – B. elegantissima – B. erubescens – B. fenestrata – B. flavimacula – B. fontainei – B. furva – B. germana – B. glagoessa – B. gloriosa – B. guillemei – B. haemalea – B. herona – B. humphreyi – B. inflammata – B. intermedia – B. jaensis – B. kivensis – B. laureola – B. longimaculata – B. magna – B. melaena – B. micromacula – B. monotonia – B. nigripennis – B. oblitterata – B. ochracea – B. oreophila – B. preussi – B. pulchra – B. punctata – B. rattrayi – B. rubricincta – B. separata – B. similis – B. simplex – B. simplicior – B. speculifera – B. speculigera – B. stigmatica – B. tamsi – B. testacea – B. ugandae – B. umbra – B. vitreata – B. vitreigutta
Name

Balacra Walker, 1856

Type species: Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856 by subsequent designation by Kirby, 1892.
References
Additional references

Durante, A. & Zangrilli, M.P. 2016. Review of subgenus Daphaenisca Kiriakoff, 1953 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Synthomini: Thyretina), with identification keys, and description of three new species. Zootaxa 4117(2): 151–171. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.1. Reference page.

Balacra is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species

Balacra affinis Rothschild, 1910
Balacra alberici (Dufrane, 1945)
Balacra aurivilliusi Kiriakoff, 1957
Balacra basilewskyi Kiriakoff, 1953
Balacra batesi Druce, 1910
Balacra belga Kiriakoff, 1954
Balacra brunnea Grünberg, 1907
Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
Balacra compsa Jordan, 1904
Balacra conradti Oberthür, 1911
Balacra daphaena Hampson, 1898
Balacra diaphana Kiriakoff, 1957
Balacra distincta Kiriakoff, 1953
Balacra ehrmanni Holland, 1893
Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra flava Przybylowicz, 2013
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra fontainei Kiriakoff, 1953
Balacra furva Hampson, 1911
Balacra germana Rothschild, 1912
Balacra guillemei (Oberthür, 1911)
Balacra haemalea Holland, 1893
Balacra herona Druce, 1887
Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912
Balacra inflammata Hampson, 1914
Balacra intermedia Rothschild, 1912
Balacra jaensis Bethune-Baker, 1927
Balacra magna Hulstaert, 1923
Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra monotonia (Strand, 1912)
Balacra nigripennis Aurivillius, 1904
Balacra ochracea Walker, 1869
Balacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rattrayi Rothschild, 1910
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892)
Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923
Balacra simplex Aurivillius, 1925
Balacra simplicior Kiriakoff, 1957
Balacra stigmatica Grünberg, 1907
Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881
Balacra umbra Druce, 1910
Balacra vitreata Rothschild, 1910
Balacra vitreigutta Hulstaert, 1923

References

Afro Moths

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog