Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
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
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 49 | 86 | 20 | 5 | 4 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tripura | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 15 | 42 | 94 | 169 | 51 | 24 | 9 |
Fagraea racemosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Loganiaceae). Oryza (Robinson et al. 2010) (Poaceae). Zingiberaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Curcuma aromatica (Swinhoe 1913; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Curcuma decipiens (Bell 1927; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Curcuma longa (Robinson et al. 2010), Curcuma pseudomontana (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) Hedychium coronarium (K. Kunte & P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Hedychium (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Zingiber (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Zingiber officinale (Robinson et al. 2010), Zingiber zerumbet (Kalesh & Prakash 2007) (Zingiberaceae). Liliaceae (Robinson et al. 2010) is also reported but is doubtful.
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
Saji K., R. Lovalekar, T. Bhagwat, Manoj P & M. Konwar 2023. 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/udaspes-folus, accessed 2023/12/09.