Rapala rhoecus

Rapala rhoecus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Rapala rhoecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Rapala
Species:
R. rhoecus
Binomial name
Rapala rhoecus
Synonyms
  • Rapala nicevillei Swinhoe, [1912]
  • Rapala sphinx intermedia Ollenbach, 1921
  • Rapala elcia rhoecus
  • Deudorix sphinx Piepers & Snellen, 1918
  • Rapala elcia vajana Corbet, 1940

Subspecies
  • Rapala rhoecus rhoecus (Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)
  • Rapala rhoecus vajana Corbet, 1940 (Java)

References
  1. de Nicéville, L., 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 9(3): 259–321, 4 pls
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Rapala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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