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

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

Subspecies edit

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

References edit

  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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