Rapala scintilla

Scarce slate flash
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rapala
Species:	R. scintilla
Binomial name
Rapala scintilla (de Nicéville, 1890) [1]

Rapala scintilla, the scarce slate flash, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Subspecies

• R. s. scintilla North India, Sikkim, Assam - Peninsular Malaya, Thailand
• R. s. nemana Semper, 1890 Philippines (Mindanao)

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  At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India
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  Male and female
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  Female from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland

References

1. de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp.
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

Data related to Rapala scintilla at Wikispecies