Baspa melampus
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baspa melampus, the Indian red flash[1] is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in South-East Asia.
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| Species: | B. melampus |
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| Baspa melampus (Stoll, 1781) | |
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Rapala melampus | |
The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and in India from South India to Orissa, and, in the north from Murree to Kumaon.[2] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Bangka.[3]
The butterfly was previously classified as Rapala melampus (Stoll, 1781).[2] It is also sometimes treated as a subspecies of Rapala iarbus.[3]
In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as not rare.[2]
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