title: Eupanacra metallica
text: # Eupanacra metallica
  
  Eupanacra metallica is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  It is found from north-western India across Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar to south-western China.
  
  ## Description
  
  The wingspan is 60–73 mm. It is similar to Eupanacra sinuata, but the upperside ground colour is more orange and the lines on the forewing upperside have a different trajectory. Furthermore, the forewing underside is less brown and the basal area is paler. There is a broad, buff band on the hindwing upperside, while the hindwing underside is largely buff with hints of brown.
  
  * Female, dorsal view
  * Female, ventral view
  
  ## Biology
  
  The larvae feed on Arisaema tortuosum in India.
  
  