Rapala scintilla

Scarce slate flash
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rapala
Species:	R. scintilla
Binomial name
	Rapala scintilla; (de Nicéville, 1890)

Last updated August 11, 2025

Rapala scintilla, the scarce slate flash, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

Subspecies

R. s. scintilla North India, Sikkim, Assam - Peninsular Malaya, Thailand
R. s. nemana Semper, 1890 Philippines (Mindanao)

At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India
Male and female
Female from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland

References

↑ de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp.
↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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[1] Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp.

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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