Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaeninae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Rapala | |
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Similar Antigius, Favonius taxila, Rapala arata, Scolitantides orion, Thecla | ||
Rapala caerulea, the Bush clover, is a butterfly of the Lycaeninae family. It was described by Bremer & Grey in 1851. It is found in north-eastern and central China, Taiwan and Korea and the Russian Far East.
The length of the forewings is 16–17 mm. The wings are light-blue with a dark border, strongly widened on the forewings of females.
The larvae feed on Rosa multiflora and Rhamnus species.
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