Rapala suffusa

Suffused flash
R. s. laima Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rapala
Species:	R. suffusa
Binomial name
Rapala suffusa (Moore, 1878)

Rapala suffusa, the suffused flash, is a lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Myanmar, northern India, Assam, Thailand, Indochina and Palawan. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1878. ^[1]

Subspecies

• R. s. suffusa northern India, Assam, Thailand, Indochina
• R. s. laimaH. H. Druce, 1895 Borneo
• R. s. praxeasFruhstorfer, 1914 Java
• R. s. catulusFruhstorfer, 1912 Nias
• R. s. barthema(Distant, 1885)
• R. s. anabasis(Staudinger, 1889) Palawan

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 10, 2019). "Rapala suffusa (Moore, 1878)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

External links

• Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Rapala". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 3, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.