Necrophila (Deutosilpha) rufithorax, is a species of carrion beetle found in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

[1] The average body length is about 17.5 to 22.3 mm and the body has a wide and rounded shape from a dorsal view.

The pronotum is hexagonal in shape with 4 spots marking it.

In males, each elytron is truncated at the apex, but in females, the elytra are elongated, and are convex at the apex.

[4] In India, the beetle was collected in Keoladeo National Park on the semi-dry carcass of mongoose, and on dry soil in a pasture field.