Species of butterfly
Rapala manea, slate flash,[2][1] is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of the Indomalayan realm (excluding Taiwan).[2][1]
The wingspan is 24–26 mm.[3]
The larvae of subspecies R. m. schistacea feed on the flowers of Rosaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Combretaceae and Leguminosae species, including Quisqualis indica and Acacia caesia.
Subspecies
- Rapala manea manea (Sulawesi)
- Rapala manea schistacea (Moore, 1879) (India to northern Thailand, Sri Lanka, southern Yunnan, possibly the Andamans)[4]
- Rapala manea chozeba (Hewitson, 1863) (southern Thailand to Singapore, Sumatra, possibly Borneo)
- Rapala manea asikana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Java, possibly Bali)
- Rapala manea enganica Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Enggano)
- Rapala manea lombokiana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Lombok)
- Rapala manea baweanica Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Bawean)
- Rapala manea philippinensis Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Philippines:Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan)
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Rapala manea manea Sulawesi
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Rapala manea chozeba Thailand
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Rapala manea schistacea Thailand
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Rapala manea schistacea Sikkim, Assam, from the
Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
References