''Rapala diopites'' is a species of

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 ...

of the family

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. It is found on the

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Subspecies

*''Rapala diopites diopites'' *''Rapala diopites alcetas'' (Staudinger, 1889) (Philippines: Palawan, Luzon) *''Rapala diopites alcetina'' (Semper, 1890) (Philippines: Mindanao)

References

Butterflies described in 1869 Rapala (butterfly) Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Theclinae-stub