Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Rapala cassidyi | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Rapala Rank Species | |
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Similar Rapala, Rapala scintilla, Vadebra lankana, Rapala suffusa, Rapala dieneces | ||
Rapala cassidyi, the Cassidy's flash is a lycaenid butterfly found in Sulawesi. It was discovered in 1985 during the Project Wallace expedition of the Royal Entomological Society. The female remains undescribed.
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Range
The species lives in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, in Bogani Nani Wartabone 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 postdiscal striae or the genus are present in an ochreous colour and there is a diffuse ochreous marginal band on both wings.
References
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