Rapala scintilla

Scarce slate flash
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Rapala
Species: R. scintilla
Binomial name
Rapala scintilla

Rapala scintilla, the scarce slate flash, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • R. s. scintilla North India, Sikkim, Assam - Peninsular Malaya, Thailand
  • R. s. nemana Semper, 1890 Philippines (Mindanao)

References

  1. de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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