''Rapala christopheri'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...

. It was described by David A. Lane and Chris J. Müller in 2006. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

East Timor Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

.Müller, C. J. (2006). "New species and subspecies of ''

Rapala Rapala ( ) is a fishing product manufacturing company based in Finland. It was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating Original Floater, the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, c ...

'' Moore and ''

Deudorix ''Deudorix'' is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Old World and Australia. Species *''Deudorix affinis'' (Rothschild, 1915) *''Deudorix antalus'' (Hopffer, 1855) *''Deudorix apayao ...

'' Hewitson (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from East Timor". ''Australian Entomologist''. 33 (2): 93–102.

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* Rapala (butterfly) Butterflies described in 2006 {{Lycaenidae-stub