# Balacra

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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{{Automatic_taxobox
| name = ''Balacra''
| taxon = Balacra
| authority = [Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1856<ref>[http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/705450 Afro Moths]</ref>
| synonyms =
*''Pseudapiconoma'' <small>Aurivillius, 1881</small>
*''Lamprobalacra'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small>
*''Compsochromia'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small>
*''Daphaenisca'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small>
*''Epibalacra'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small>
}}
'''''Balacra''''' is a genus of [moth](/source/moth)s in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae).

==Species==
* ''[Balacra affinis](/source/Balacra_affinis)'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
* ''[Balacra alberici](/source/Balacra_alberici)'' <small>(Dufrane, 1945)</small>
* ''[Balacra aurivilliusi](/source/Balacra_aurivilliusi)'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small>
* ''[Balacra basilewskyi](/source/Balacra_basilewskyi)'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small>
* ''[Balacra batesi](/source/Balacra_batesi)'' <small>Druce, 1910</small>
* ''[Balacra belga](/source/Balacra_belga)'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1954</small>
* ''[Balacra brunnea](/source/Balacra_brunnea)'' <small>Grünberg, 1907</small>
* ''[Balacra caeruleifascia](/source/Balacra_caeruleifascia)'' <small>Walker, 1856</small>
* ''[Balacra compsa](/source/Balacra_compsa)'' <small>Jordan, 1904</small>
* ''[Balacra conradti](/source/Balacra_conradti)'' <small>Oberthür, 1911</small>
* ''[Balacra daphaena](/source/Balacra_daphaena)'' <small>Hampson, 1898</small>
* ''[Balacra diaphana](/source/Balacra_diaphana)'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small>
* ''[Balacra distincta](/source/Balacra_distincta)'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small>
* ''[Balacra ehrmanni](/source/Balacra_ehrmanni)'' <small>Holland, 1893</small>
* ''[Balacra elegans](/source/Balacra_elegans)'' <small>Aurivillius, 1892</small>
* ''[Balacra flava](/source/Balacra_flava)'' <small>Przybylowicz, 2013</small>
* ''[Balacra flavimacula](/source/Balacra_flavimacula)'' <small>Walker, 1856</small>
* ''[Balacra fontainei](/source/Balacra_fontainei)'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small>
* ''[Balacra furva](/source/Balacra_furva)'' <small>Hampson, 1911</small>
* ''[Balacra germana](/source/Balacra_germana)'' <small>Rothschild, 1912</small>
* ''[Balacra guillemei](/source/Balacra_guillemei)'' <small>(Oberthür, 1911)</small>
* ''[Balacra haemalea](/source/Balacra_haemalea)'' <small>Holland, 1893</small>
* ''[Balacra herona](/source/Balacra_herona)'' <small>Druce, 1887</small>
* ''[Balacra humphreyi](/source/Balacra_humphreyi)'' <small>Rothschild, 1912</small>
* ''[Balacra inflammata](/source/Balacra_inflammata)'' <small>Hampson, 1914</small>
* ''[Balacra intermedia](/source/Balacra_intermedia)'' <small>Rothschild, 1912</small>
* ''[Balacra jaensis](/source/Balacra_jaensis)'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1927</small>
* ''[Balacra magna](/source/Balacra_magna)'' <small>Hulstaert, 1923</small>
* ''[Balacra micromacula](/source/Balacra_micromacula)'' <small>Strand, 1920</small>
* ''[Balacra monotonia](/source/Balacra_monotonia)'' <small>(Strand, 1912)</small>
* ''[Balacra nigripennis](/source/Balacra_nigripennis)'' <small>Aurivillius, 1904</small>
* ''[Balacra ochracea](/source/Balacra_ochracea)'' <small>Walker, 1869</small>
* ''[Balacra preussi](/source/Balacra_preussi)'' <small>Aurivillius, 1904</small>
* ''[Balacra pulchra](/source/Balacra_pulchra)'' <small>Aurivillius, 1892</small>
* ''[Balacra rattrayi](/source/Balacra_rattrayi)'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
* ''[Balacra rubricincta](/source/Balacra_rubricincta)'' <small>Holland, 1893</small>
* ''[Balacra rubrostriata](/source/Balacra_rubrostriata)'' <small>(Aurivillius, 1892)</small>
* ''[Balacra similis](/source/Balacra_similis)'' <small>Hulstaert, 1923</small>
* ''[Balacra simplex](/source/Balacra_simplex)'' <small>Aurivillius, 1925</small>
* ''[Balacra simplicior](/source/Balacra_simplicior)'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small>
* ''[Balacra stigmatica](/source/Balacra_stigmatica)'' <small>Grünberg, 1907</small>
* ''[Balacra tamsi](/source/Balacra_tamsi)'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small>
* ''[Balacra testacea](/source/Balacra_testacea)'' <small>Aurivillius, 1881</small>
* ''[Balacra umbra](/source/Balacra_umbra)'' <small>Druce, 1910</small>
* ''[Balacra vitreata](/source/Balacra_vitreata)'' <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
* ''[Balacra vitreigutta](/source/Balacra_vitreigutta)'' <small>Hulstaert, 1923</small>

==References==
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*[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=arctiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog]

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Category:Balacra
Category:Syntomini
Category:Noctuoidea genera
Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)

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