Copper flash
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rapala
Species:	R. pheretima
Binomial name
Rapala pheretima (Hewitson, 1863.)
Synonyms
Deudorix pheretimaHewitson, 1863 Deudorix sequeiraDistant, 1885 Deudorix utimutisDistant, 1885

Rapala pheretima, the copper flash, ^[1] is a species of lycaenid or gossamer-winged butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

• Rapala pheretima pheretima (Borneo, Sumatra)
• Rapala pheretima petosiris(Hewitson, 1863) (Nepal, Sikkim, Assam to northern Thailand)
• Rapala pheretima sequeira(Distant, 1885) (southern Thailand, Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore)
• Rapala pheretima tiomanaEliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman)
• Rapala pheretima sakaiaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Java)
• Rapala pheretima guevaraFruhstorfer, 1912 (Borneo)

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  Rapala pheretima pheretima
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  Rapala pheretima petosiris
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  Rapala pheretima sequeira

References