Rapala manea

Rapala manea, slate flash,^[2][1] is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of the Indomalayan realm (excluding Taiwan).^[2][1]

Rapala manea
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rapala
Species:	R. manea
Binomial name
Rapala manea (Hewitson, [1863])[1]
Synonyms
Deudorix manea Hewitson, 1863 Deudorix chozeba Hewitson, 1863

The wingspan is 24–26 mm.^[3]

Upperside, male

Upperside, female

Eggs

The larvae of subspecies R. m. schistacea feed on the flowers of Rosaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Combretaceae and Leguminosae species, including Quisqualis indica and Acacia caesia.

Subspecies

• Rapala manea manea (Sulawesi)
• Rapala manea schistacea (Moore, 1879) (India to northern Thailand, Sri Lanka, southern Yunnan, possibly the Andamans)^[4]
• Rapala manea chozeba (Hewitson, 1863) (southern Thailand to Singapore, Sumatra, possibly Borneo)
• Rapala manea asikana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Java, possibly Bali)
• Rapala manea enganica Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Enggano)
• Rapala manea lombokiana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Lombok)
• Rapala manea baweanica Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Bawean)
• Rapala manea philippinensis Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Philippines:Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan)

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  Rapala manea manea Sulawesi
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  Rapala manea chozeba Thailand
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  Rapala manea schistacea Thailand
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  Rapala manea schistacea Sikkim, Assam, from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Rapala manea (Hewitson, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
2. Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 123. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
3. Butterflies of Sri Lanka
4. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 58–60.