Key to Adult Rapala Moore, 1881 and Related Theclinae Genera from Nepal

1. One pair of tails; ventral side with only postdiscal lines and cell-end bars (except R. pheretima and Deudorix perse) apart from faint submarginal lines; male may have a swollen brand at the base of space 7 on the ventral hindwing.......................................................................... 2 Rapala, Deudorix (including Virachola Moore, 1881)

- One or two pairs of tails; ventral side with other spots as well or blank; male without a swollen brand at the base of space 7 on the ventral hindwing....................................................................... other Theclinae

2. Ventral bands always wide; hindwing band strongly broken, margins of band in space 6 and 7 not aligned; male without a swollen brand at the base of space 7 on the ventral hindwing............. Deudorix Hewitson, 1863 (including Virachola)

- Ventral bands narrow to wide; hindwing band mostly straight, margins of band in space 6 and 7 more or less aligned; male with a swollen brand at the base of space 7 on the ventral hindwing.................................. Rapala Moore, 1881