Rapala manea

Rapala manea
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rapala
Species:	R. manea
Binomial name
	Rapala manea; (Hewitson, [1863])
Synonyms
	Deudorix maneaHewitson, 1863; Deudorix chozebaHewitson, 1863;

Last updated October 24, 2025

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 asikanaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Java, possibly Bali)
Rapala manea enganicaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Enggano)
Rapala manea lombokianaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Lombok)
Rapala manea baweanicaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Bawean)
Rapala manea philippinensisFruhstorfer, 1912 (Philippines:Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan)

Rapala manea manea Sulawesi
Rapala manea chozeba Thailand
Rapala manea schistacea Thailand
Rapala manea schistacea Sikkim, Assam, from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland

References

1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Rapala manea (Hewitson, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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.
↑ Butterflies of Sri Lanka ^{[ usurped ]}
↑ 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.

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[funet-1] 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Rapala manea (Hewitson, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

[Smetacek-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 ]}

[SwinhoeIndica-4] 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.

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