Taxonomic Information
Rhesala Walker, [1859] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Rhesala albolunata (Moore, 1882). India: Nilgiris, Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Rhesala cervina (Moore, 1882). India: Manipur, West Bengal (Kolkata).
Rhesala imparata Walker, 1858. Sri Lanka; India: Nilgiris, Meghalaya, Manipur, West Bengal (Kolkata).
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, [1866]). Sri Lanka; India.
Rhesala nigriceps (Hampson, 1895). India: Maharashtra (Pune, Mumbai), Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
Note: A genus that shows polymorphism and the species are best separated by examining genitalia.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Rhesala spp. Walker, [1859] – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/rhesala-spp, accessed 2025/10/26.