Baspa melampus

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Baspa melampus, the Indian red flash,[1] is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in South-East Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and in India from South India to Orissa, and, in the north from Murree to Kumaon.[2] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Bangka.[3]

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Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Rapala melampus (Stoll, 1781).[2] It is also sometimes treated as a subspecies of Rapala iarbus.[3]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as not rare.[2]

See also

Cited references

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