Rapala pheretima

Copper flash
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rapala
Species:	R. pheretima
Binomial name
	Rapala pheretima; (Hewitson, 1863.)
Synonyms
	Deudorix pheretima Hewitson, 1863; Deudorix sequeira Distant, 1885; Deudorix utimutis Distant, 1885;

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

Subspecies[edit]

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 tiomana Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman)
Rapala pheretima sakaia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Java)
Rapala pheretima guevara Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Borneo)