''Rapala scintilla'', the scarce slate flash, is a species of
lycaenid
Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 the known butterfl ...
or blue butterfly found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9]
Subspecies
*''R. s. scintilla'' North India, Sikkim, Assam - Peninsular Malaya, Thailand
*''R. s. nemana ''
Semper, 1890 Philippines (Mindanao)
File:Scarce Slate Flash (Rapala scintilla) at Jayanti, Duars, WB W IMG 5444.jpg , At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve
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in Jalpaiguri district
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of West Bengal
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, India
File:RapalaScintillaMFUpUnAC1.jpg , Male and female
File:ScintillaFUpUn 472 473 AC1.jpg , Female from the Courvoisier
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Courvoisi ...
Collection, Basel, Switzerland
References
Butterflies of Asia
Rapala (butterfly)
Butterflies described in 1890
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