Rapala iarbus (Fabricius, 1787) - Common Red Flash

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam4113243
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh3211247
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi1313562
Goa
Gujarat111211
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh12
Jammu and Kashmir UT12
Jharkhand
Karnataka416532324
Kerala11
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1111222
Maharashtra10191719652252021
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu111
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh2
Uttarakhand
West Bengal333
Total202123281613101215193943
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.

 

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 2024/12/11.