larva The larvae are black, with two rows of dorsal white spots. Head with a pair of branched spines; rest of the segments with a dorsal and a lateral row of blue branched spines on each side. They feed on
Artocarpus,
Pseuderanthemum,
Calycanthus,
Ruellia,
Girardina,
Strobilanthus and
Graptophyllum. The pupae are yellowish with numerous black spots; constricted in the middle; head produced into two points. There are several subspecies under
Doleschallia bisaltide: •
Doleschallia bisaltide andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 ::This subspecies closely resembles the Indian form, but differs in the oblique yellow band on the upperside of the forewing, which is broader and extends from the middle of the costal margin uninterruptedly to interspace 4, though it is preapically constricted. On the upperside of the hindwing there is an inner as well as an outer conspicuous subterminal narrow-black band. On the underside, this subspecies is as variable as the typical form, but the ground colour in many specimens (presumably wet-season broods) is of a richer, almost metallic green, with the basal snow-white spots defined with black lines; the
ocelli in interspaces 2 and 5 seem also to be more clearly defined than in the Indian form. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in
malabarica. •
Doleschallia bisaltide apameia Fruhstorfer, 1912 ::Found in the
Obi Islands. •
Doleschallia bisaltide australis C. & R. Felder, 1867 ::The leafwing. Found in
Indonesia,
Torres Strait Islands, and northeastern
Australia. •
Doleschallia bisaltide bougainvillensis Strand, 1920 ::Found in
Bougainville. •
Doleschallia bisaltide cethega Fruhstorfer, 1912 ::Found in
Sulawesi. •
Doleschallia bisaltide ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1903 ::The Ceylon autumn leaf. Found in
Sri Lanka. •
Doleschallia bisaltide continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1899 ::Found in southern
China,
Indochina and
Malaysia.
Doleschallia bisaltide siamensis is a
synonym. •
Doleschallia bisaltide denisi Viette, 1950 ::Found in
New Caledonia and the
Loyalty Islands. •
Doleschallia bisaltide gurelca Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893 ::Found in the
Bismarck Archipelago and the
Admiralty Islands •
Doleschallia bisaltide herrichi Butler, 1876 ::Found in
New Hebrides. •
Doleschallia bisaltide indica Moore, 1899 ::The Himalayan autumn leaf. Found in northern
India and
Nepal. •
Doleschallia bisaltide karabachica Tytler, 1940 •
Doleschallia bisaltide malabarica Fruhstorfer, 1899 ::Male's and female's underside yellowish brown, paling anteriorly to rich golden yellow on the forewing, shading anteriorly into dusky brown on the hindwing. Forewing: the apical half black, following a line from vein 12 opposite the discocellulars, passing through apex of cell, obliquely across middle of interspace 3 and curving down to tornus; a black spot near apex of cell coalescing with the inner margin of 1he black colour; a short, very oblique, broad golden-yellow band, broader in the female than in the male, from middle of costal margin to interspace 5; a spot beyond in line with it in interspace 4; two, sometimes three, minute, preapical white specks; the cilia fulvous (tawny), touched with white, anteriorly. Hindwing uniform; the costal margin broadly as noted above, a subterminal narrow band and narrower terminal line posteriorly, dusky black; a postdiscal black spot in interspaces 2 and 5 respectively; the cilia fulvous. Wingspan is about . Found from Sikkim, S. India, Ceylon, Assam, Myanmar and Tenasserim. •
Doleschallia bisaltide menexema Fruhstorfer, 1912 ::Found in the
Treasury Islands,
Shortlands,
Guadalcanal, and possibly the
Solomon Islands. •
Doleschallia bisaltide merguiana Evans, 1924 •
Doleschallia bisaltide montrouzieri Butler, 1876 ::Found in
New Hebrides. •
Doleschallia bisaltide nasica Fruhstorfer, 1907 ::Found in
Waigeu. •
Doleschallia bisaltide nigromarginata Joicey & Noakes, 1915 ::Found in
Biak. •
Doleschallia bisaltide tualensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 ::Found in
Kai Island larva on
Graptophyllum pictum •
Doleschallia bisaltide philippensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 ::Found in the
Philippines. •
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa C. & R. Felder, 1860 ::Found in peninsular
Thailand,
Singapore, and
Malaysia. •
Doleschallia bisaltide rennellensis Howarth, 1962 ::Found in
Rennell and the
Bellona Islands. •
Doleschallia bisaltide scapus Fruhstorfer, 1912 ::Found in
Indonesia and
Timor. •
Doleschallia bisaltide sciron Godman & Salvin, 1888 ::Found in the
Treasury Islands,
Shortlands, and
Guadalcanal. •
Doleschallia bisaltide tenimberensis Fruhstorfer, 1912 ::Found in
Biak. •
Doleschallia bisaltide tualensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 ::Found in
Kai Island ==References==