Rapala pheretima

Copper flash
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rapala
Species:	R. pheretima
Binomial name
	Rapala pheretima; (Hewitson, 1863.)
Synonyms
	Deudorix pheretimaHewitson, 1863; Deudorix sequeiraDistant, 1885; Deudorix utimutisDistant, 1885;

Last updated August 11, 2025

Rapala pheretima, the copper flash,^[1] is a species of lycaenid or gossamer-winged butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

Rapala pheretima pheretima (Borneo, Sumatra)
Rapala pheretima petosiris(Hewitson, 1863) (Nepal, Sikkim, Assam to northern Thailand)
Rapala pheretima sequeira(Distant, 1885) (southern Thailand, Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore)
Rapala pheretima tiomanaEliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman)
Rapala pheretima sakaiaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Java)
Rapala pheretima guevaraFruhstorfer, 1912 (Borneo)

Rapala pheretima pheretima
Rapala pheretima petosiris
Rapala pheretima sequeira

References

↑ Hewitson, 1863, Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera. https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofd01hewi#page/n66/mode/1up

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[1] Hewitson, 1863, Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera. https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofd01hewi#page/n66/mode/1up

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