Rapala pheretima

Rapala pheretima, the copper flash,[1] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.

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 pheretima Hewitson, 1863
  • Deudorix sequeira Distant, 1885
  • Deudorix utimutis Distant, 1885

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 tiomana Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman)
  • Rapala pheretima sakaia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Java)
  • Rapala pheretima guevara Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Borneo)

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


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