Rapala manea
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Rapala |
Species: | R. manea
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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]
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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
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- ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Rapala manea (Hewitson, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ a b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 123. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ Butterflies of Sri Lanka
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 58–60.