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Rapala cassidyi

Rapala cassidyi, the Cassidy's flash is a lycaenid butterfly found in Sulawesi.[1] It was discovered in 1985 during the Project Wallace expedition of the Royal Entomological Society.[2] The female remains undescribed.[1]

Cassidy's flash
Male in Sulawesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Rapala
Species:
R. cassidyi
Binomial name
Rapala cassidyi
Takanami, 1992

Range

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The species lives in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, in Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park.

Description

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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.

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    Upperside, paratype male, from northern Sulawesi
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    Underside, paratype male, from northern Sulawesi

See also

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Cited references

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  1. ^ a b Vane-Wright R.I. & de Jong R., The Butterflies of Sulawesi, NMNH, 2003.
  2. ^ Takanami Y., Notes on some species of the genus Rapala from Sulawesi, with the description of a new species. Tyo to Ga, 43(3):193-202.


 

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