Rapala dieneces (Hewitson, 1878) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Rapala dieneces (Hewitson, 1878)
The scarlet flash (Rapala dieneces) is a lycaenid blue butterfly found across multiple parts of South and Southeast Asia.
Rapala dieneces, commonly known as the scarlet flash, is a species of lycaenid, also called blue butterfly. This species was first formally described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1878. It can be found in Myanmar, northern India, Assam, Bengal, Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Nias, and the Philippines.
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Lycaeides anna (Edwards, 1861)
Tmolus echion (Linnaeus, 1767)
Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
Castalius rosimon (Fabricius, 1775)
Bindahara phocides (Fabricius, 1793)
Panthiades hebraeus (Hewitson, 1867)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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