Rapala pheretima

Copper flash
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

Rapala pheretima, the copper flash,[1] is a species of lycaenid or gossamer-winged butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Caterpillar of Rapala pheretima sequeira eating Glochidion, probably Glochidion obscurus

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)

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  Rapala pheretima pheretima
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  Rapala pheretima petosiris
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  Rapala pheretima sequeira

References

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