Rapala caerulea

Rapala caerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaeninae
Genus: Rapala
Species: R. caerulea
Binomial name
Rapala caerulea
(Bremer & Grey, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Thecla caerulea Bremer & Grey, [1851]
  • Thecla betuloides Blanchard, 1871
  • Atara betuloides

Rapala caerulea, the Bush clover, is a butterfly of the Lycaeninae family. It was described by Bremer & Grey in 1851. It is found in north-eastern and central China, Taiwan and Korea[1] and the Russian Far East.

The length of the forewings is 16–17 mm. The wings are light-blue with a dark border, strongly widened on the forewings of females.[2]

The larvae feed on Rosa multiflora and Rhamnus species.

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