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Rapala pheretima

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Species of butterfly

Copper flash
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Rapala
Species: R. pheretima
Binomial name
Rapala pheretima
(Hewitson, 1863.)
Synonyms
  • Deudorix pheretima Hewitson, 1863
  • Deudorix sequeira Distant, 1885
  • Deudorix utimutis Distant, 1885

Rapala pheretima, the copper flash, is a species of lycaenid or gossamer-winged butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Caterpillar of Rapala pheretima sequeira eating Glochidion, probably Glochidion obscurus

Subspecies

  • Rapala pheretima pheretima (Borneo, Sumatra)
  • Rapala pheretima petosiris (Hewitson, 1863) (Nepal, Sikkim, Assam to northern Thailand)
  • Rapala pheretima sequeira (Distant, 1885) (southern Thailand, Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore)
  • Rapala pheretima tiomana Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman)
  • Rapala pheretima sakaia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Java)
  • Rapala pheretima guevara Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Borneo)
  • Rapala pheretima pheretima Rapala pheretima pheretima
  • Rapala pheretima petosiris Rapala pheretima petosiris
  • Rapala pheretima sequeira Rapala pheretima sequeira

References

  1. Hewitson, 1863, Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera. https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofd01hewi#page/n66/mode/1up
Taxon identifiers
Rapala pheretima


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