Subspecies in India
(1) Rapala nissa nissa (Kollar, [1844]) – Himalayan Common Flash
(2) Rapala nissa ranta Swinhoe, 1897 – Jaintia Common Flash
(2) Rapala nissa ranta Swinhoe, 1897 – Jaintia Common Flash
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This species is historically known from C. Nepal to Sikkim and Naga-Manipur Hills in NE India, and then eastward to SW China and E. Indo-China. The images published here (BOI-CA217, BOI-CA218) represent the first known record of the species from Arunachal Pradesh.
| 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 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Not known in India.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Rapala nissa (Kollar, [1844]) – Common 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-nissa, accessed 2024/12/13.