Subspecies in India
(1) Rapala iarbus iarbus (Fabricius, 1787) – Oriental Red Flash
(2) Rapala iarbus sorya (Kollar, [1844]) – Indian Red Flash
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Maharashtra | 10 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | ||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Total | 19 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 38 | 43 |
Terminalia catappa (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Combretaceae). Homonoia riparia (Bhakare et al. 2018) (Euphorbiaceae). Acacia leucophloea (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Desmodium dalbergioides (Robinson et al. 2010), Desmodium oojeinense (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Xylia xylocarpa (Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae). Melastoma malabathricum (Robinson et al. 2010), Melastoma polyanthum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Melastomataceae). Averrhoa bilimbi (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Oxalidaceae). Ziziphus rugosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Rhamnaceae). Nephelium lappaceum (Robinson et al. 2010), Schleichera oleosa (Robinson et al. 2010) (Sapindaceae). Mimusops elengi (Robinson et al. 2010) (Sapotaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Rapala iarbus (Fabricius, 1787) – Common Red Flash. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/rapala-iarbus, accessed 2024/10/04.