| Indian Red Flash | |
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| Baspa melampusMal left, female right. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Baspa |
| Species: | B. melampus |
| Binomial name | |
| Baspa melampus (Stoll, 1781) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Rapala melampus |
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The Indian Red Flash Baspa melampus [1] is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia.
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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]
The butterfly was previously classified as Rapala melampus (Stoll, 1781)[2] It is also sometimes treated as a subspecies of Rapala iarbus.[3]
Not Rare.[2]