
Subspecies in India
(1) Dophla evelina laudabilis (Swinhoe, 1890) – Sahyadri Redspot Duke
(2) Dophla evelina derma (Kollar, [1848]) – Himalayan Redspot Duke
The subspecies laudabilis is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Dophla evelina derma (Kollar, [1848]) – Himalayan Redspot Duke

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 10 | ||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | 2 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | |||||||||||||
Total | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 12 |
Anacardium occidentale (Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Anacardiaceae). Diospyros candolleana (Davidson et al. 1896; Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Diospyros malabarica (Ogale et al. 2018), Diospyros melanoxylon (Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Ebenaceae).
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Dophla evelina (Stoll, [1790]) – Redspot Duke. 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/dophla-evelina, accessed 2025/02/07.