Within India the following subspecies occur:
(1) Neochera dominia butleri Swinhoe 1892 Dehradun?, Nepal, Sikkim, NE India.
(2) Neochera dominia dominia Cramer 1780 South India.

Numerous subspecies of Histia flabellicornis are listed globally (Inoue, 1992). The South Indian population is considered as Histia flabellicornis nilgira Moore, 1879, while the rest of the Indian population is Histia flabellicornis flabellicornis (Fabricius, 1775) following Inoue (1992). The original description of Histia flabellicornis, the nominate species is from the Americas. Some authors lists Histia rhodope as the valid species.