Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry UT, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This is common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 90 | 21 | 5 | 4 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Total | 6 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 23 | 42 | 97 | 183 | 54 | 29 | 10 |
Fagraea racemosa (Gentianaceae). Maranta arundinacea (Marantaceae). Oryza spp. (Poaceae). Zingiberaceae spp., Alpinia calcarata, Alpinia purpurata, Curcuma amada, Curcuma aromatica, Curcuma caesia, Curcuma decipiens, Curcuma longa, Curcuma neilgherrensis, Curcuma pseudomontana, Elettaria cardamomum, Hedychium spp., Hedychium coronarium, Hellenia speciosa (=Costus speciosus), Zingiber spp., Zingiber nimmonii, Zingiber officinale, Zingiber purpureum, Zingiber zerumbet (Zingiberaceae).
Liliaceae is also reported but is doubtful.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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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(4): 11495–11550.
Page citation
Saji K., R. Lovalekar, T. Bhagwat, Manoj P & M. Konwar 2026. Udaspes folus (Cramer, [1775]) – Grass Demon. 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/index.php/udaspes-folus, accessed 2026/05/24.