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Rapala
Rapala is a genus of butterflies in the tribe Deudorigini of the subfamily Theclinae of the family Lycaenidae. They are found throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a few species extending to Australia and into the eastern Palaearctic region.
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Slate Flash
speciesRapala manea
Indigo Flash
speciesRapala varuna
Common Red Flash
speciesRapala iarbus
Copper Flash
speciesRapala pheretima
Common Flash
speciesRapala nissa
bush clover
speciesRapala caerulea
Scarlet Flash
speciesRapala dieneces
Suffused Flash
speciesRapala suffusa
Japanese Flash
speciesRapala arata
Yellow Flash
speciesRapala domitia
Malay Red Flash
speciesRapala damona
Rapala subpurpurea
speciesRapala subpurpurea
Brilliant Flash
speciesRapala rhoecus
Malabar Flash
speciesRapala lankana
Himalayan Red Flash
speciesRapala selira
Rapala dioetas
speciesRapala dioetas
Cowan's Flash
speciesRapala cowani
Abnormal Flash
speciesRapala duma
Rapala enipeus
speciesRapala enipeus
Rapala takasagonis
speciesRapala takasagonis
Scarce Slate Flash
speciesRapala scintilla
Assam Flash
speciesRapala tara
Rapala caerulescens
speciesRapala caerulescens
Shot Flash
speciesRapala rectivitta
Rapala diopites
speciesRapala diopites
Rapala rhodopis
speciesRapala rhodopis
Rapala melida
speciesRapala melida
Tomokoae Flash
speciesRapala tomokoae
Rapala ribbei
speciesRapala ribbei
Timor Red Flash
speciesRapala christopheri
Rapala rhoda
speciesRapala rhoda
Rapala rosacea
speciesRapala rosacea
Rapala alcetas
speciesRapala alcetas
Rapala nemorensis
speciesRapala nemorensis
Rapala zamona
speciesRapala zamona
Rapala cassidyi
speciesRapala cassidyi
Rapala palamera
speciesRapala palamera
Rapala elcia
speciesRapala elcia
Rapala bomiensis
speciesRapala bomiensis
Rapala arbaimuni
speciesRapala arbaimuni
Rapala hades
speciesRapala hades
Rapala renata
speciesRapala renata
Rosy Flash
speciesRapala rubida
Rapala repercussa
speciesRapala repercussa
Rapala vajana
speciesRapala vajana
Rapala buxaria
speciesRapala buxaria
Rapala hinomaru
speciesRapala hinomaru
Rapala cyrhestica
speciesRapala cyrhestica
Rapala masara
speciesRapala masara
Rapala mikaae
speciesRapala mikaae
Rapala betuloides
speciesRapala betuloides
Rapala nicevillei
speciesRapala nicevillei
Rapala hypargyria
speciesRapala hypargyria
Chitral Flash
speciesRapala extensa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125828.