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 | |
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| Male in Sulawesi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Rapala |
| Species: | R. cassidyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Rapala cassidyi Takanami, 1992
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Range edit
The species lives in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, in Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park.
Description edit
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.
Gallery edit
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Upperside, paratype male, from northern Sulawesi -
Underside, paratype male, from northern Sulawesi
See also edit
Cited references edit
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