Rapala cassidyi

Cassidy's Flash
Male R. cassidyi in Sulawesi.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Rapala
Species: R. cassidyi
Binomial name
Rapala cassidyi
Takanami, 1992

Cassidy's Flash Rapala cassidyiis a Lycaenid butterfly found in Sulawesi.[1] It was discovered in 1985 during the Project Wallace expedition of the Royal Entomological Society.[2] The female remains undescribed.[1]

Range

North Sulawesi, Dumoga-Bone National Park.

Description

The upperside of the male is unusual in that it has only a small amount of pale orange on the discal area of the forewing below the cell; a pattern more reminiscent of females of the genus. The underside ground colour is light slate-brown with a glossy sheen. The usual post-discal striae or the genus are present in an ochreous colour and there is a diffuse ochreous marginal band on both wings.

Gallery

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Vane-Wright R.I. & de Jong R., The Butterflies of Sulawesi, NMNH, 2003.
  2. Takanami Y., Notes on some species of the genus Rapala from Sulawesi, with the description of a new species. Tyo to Ga, 43(3):193-202.

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