Rapala manea

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Rapala manea
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Male
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Female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Rapala
Species:
R. manea
Binomial name
Rapala manea
(Hewitson, [1863]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix maneaHewitson, 1863
  • Deudorix chozebaHewitson, 1863

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]

Upperside, male Rapala manea - Slate Flash male 24.jpg
Upperside, male
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Upperside, female
Eggs Freshly laid egg of Rapala manea - Slate Flash.jpg
Eggs

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Rapala manea (Hewitson, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. Butterflies of Sri Lanka [ usurped ]
  4. PD-icon.svg 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.