Rapala manea
Species of butterfly
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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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Rapala |
| Species: | R. manea |
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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)
Rapala manea manea Sulawesi
Rapala manea chozeba Thailand
Rapala manea schistacea Thailand
Rapala manea schistacea Sikkim, Assam, from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
