Rapala caerulea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Rapala |
Species: | R. caerulea |
Binomial name | |
Rapala caerulea (Bremer & Grey, 1851) | |
Synonyms | |
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Rapala caerulea, the bush clover, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1851. It is found in north-eastern and central China, Taiwan, Korea [1] and the Russian Far East.
The length of the forewings is 16–17 mm. The wings are light blue with a dark border, strongly widened on the forewings of females. [2]
The larvae feed on Rosa multiflora and Rhamnus species.
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Rapala is a genus of butterflies in the tribe Deudorigini of the subfamily Theclinae of the family Lycaenidae. They are found throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a few species extending to Australia and into the eastern Palaearctic region.
Rapala arata, the Japanese flash, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Russia, north-eastern China, Korea and Japan. The habitat consists of brook banks, meadows and the edges of montane mixed forests.
Rapala manea, slate flash, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of the Indomalayan realm.
Rapala tomokoae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi, Heinz G. Schroeder and Colin G. Treadaway in 1978. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its forewing length is 17–19 mm.
Sinthusa stephaniae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Leyte, Negros and Samar. Sinthusa mindanensis stephaniae was raised to species status as Sinthusa stephaniae by Colin G. Treadaway and Heinz G. Schröder in 2012. The forewing length is 12–15 mm. The habitat of subspecies S. s. stephaniae and S. s. mindanensis overlaps on the islands of Mindanao and Leyte.
Rapala damona is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1890. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, where it has been recorded from the Andamans, northern India, Myanmar, from Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java and Lombok.
Rapala christopheri is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by David A. Lane and Chris J. Müller in 2006. It is endemic to East Timor.
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