Rapala suffusa (Moore, 1878) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Rapala suffusa (Moore, 1878)

Rapala suffusa (Moore, 1878)

The suffused flash (Rapala suffusa) is a lycaenid blue butterfly first described in 1878, found across parts of South and Southeast Asia.

Family
Genus
Rapala
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Rapala suffusa (Moore, 1878)

Rapala suffusa, commonly known as the suffused flash, is a species of lycaenid (blue) butterfly. It can be found in Myanmar, northern India, Assam, Thailand, Indochina, and Palawan. This species was first formally described by Frederic Moore in 1878.

Photo: (c) Sebastian Ow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sebastian Ow · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Rapala

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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