Copper Flash Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Rapala pheretima
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Forest,Hill Tracts
Description : The Copper Flash butterfly has a wingspan of 35-45 mm.Upperside of male is rufous brown with broad brown area,hindwing orange. Underside pale brown with one or two small spots and two small tails. The body is characteristic with a stripped black and white pattern, with the head mostly white and a broad black eye.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Jamides pura
(White Cerulean) -
Jamides celeno
(Common Cerulean) -
Megisba malaya
(Malayan) -
Cigaritis syama
(Club Silverline) -
Prosotas lutea
(Brown Lineblue) -
Curetis thetis
(Indian Sunbeam) -
Loxura atymnus
(Yamfly) -
Spindasis vulcanus
(Common Silverline) -
Rathinda amor
(Monkey Puzzle) -
Cigaritis lohita
(Long-banded Silverline)
References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore information please contact with us.
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore information please contact with us.