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Shot Flash
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Shot Flash

Rapala rectivitta

Rapala rectivitta, the shot flash, is a species of lycaenid butterfly in the genus Rapala. It occurs in the eastern Himalayas and adjoining hill country, with records from Nepal, northeastern India and Bhutan. The species is easily confused with its close relatives R. nissa and R. huangi.

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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 884931.