Rapala suffusa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala suffusa
Subspecies: R. s. anabasis – R. s. barthema – R. s. catulus – R. s. laima – R. s. suffusa
Name

Rapala suffusa Moore, 1879.

Type locality: Burma, Upper Tenasserim, Taoo.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.
Synonymy

Deudorix suffusa Moore, 1879: 834, pl. 52, fig. 8.
Vadebra suffusa (Moore); Moore, [1884]: 528.
Rapala suffusa (Moore); de Nicéville, 1890: 466; Elwes, [1893]: 643; Druce, 1896: 682.
Rapala testa Swinhoe, 1897: 410.
Rapala pengata Fruhstorfer, 1912: 256.
Rapala xenophon suffusa (Moore); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 260.
Rapala dioetas barthema (Distant); Corbet, 1939: 109.
Rapala suffusa suffusa (Moore); D'Abrera, 1986: 625.

References

D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page.
Corbet, A. S., 1939. A revision of the Malayan species of Rapala Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)8(6): 103–112, fig. 1-20a. Reference page.
Druce, H.H. 1896. Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(3): 650–683, pls 29-31. text, plates. Reference page.
Elwes, H.J. [1893]. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 617–664, pls 43, 44. Text, plates. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. BHL (text), BHL (figs). Reference page.
Moore, F. [1879]. A list of the Lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4): 821–859, pls. 51–53. Reference page.
Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521–535, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
Swinhoe, C., 1897. New eastern lepidoptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 6 19 (112): 407-410.

Rapala suffusa, the suffused flash, is a lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Myanmar, northern India, Assam, Thailand, Indochina and Palawan. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1878.[1]
Subspecies

R. s. suffusa northern India, Assam, Thailand, Indochina
R. s. laima H. H. Druce, 1895 Borneo
R. s. praxeas Fruhstorfer, 1914 Java
R. s. catulus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Nias
R. s. barthema (Distant, 1885)
R. s. anabasis (Staudinger, 1889) Palawan

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (March 10, 2019). "Rapala suffusa (Moore, 1878)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.