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