Rapala nissa

==Vernacular names==

Rapala nissa, ♂, ♀, N. India, from Hewitson, 1863. Fig 44 = ♀ Rapala selira Moore, 1874: 272.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Rapalini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala nissa
Subspecies: R. n. nissa – R. n. nissoides – R. n. odosia – R. n. pahangana – R. n. palamera – R. n. ranta

Name

Rapala nissa (Kollar, [1844])

Type locality: N. India, "Massuri".

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Thecla nissa Kollar, 1844: 412, pl.4, figs 3,4.
• Amblypodia nissa (Kollar); Horsfield, [1858]: 46.
• Deudorix nissa var. ; Hewitson, 1863: 23, pl.10, figs 42-44.
• Rapala nissa (Kollar); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 361; Lewis, 1974: pl. 180, fig. 31; D'Abrera, 1986: 629; Eliot, 1992: 328, 426, pl. 50, figs 25, 26.
• Rapala hinomaru Fujioka, 1970 (synonymized by KC et al., 2025)
  • Type locality: Nepal, Drapani, Tombol Bridge.
    • Holotype: CUBM. female ♀. 25.VI.1963. legit T. Fujioka.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company Vol. 1 i–v, 1–14, 17–278, i–iv, 1–11; pls 1–12, 1a–6a. London. Reference page. 
• KC, S., Poel, P. van der, Pariyar, S., Sunar, A. & Limbu, M.S. 2025. A review of the genus Rapala Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) of Nepal with insights on little-known species. Zootaxa 5692(1): 31–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.2. Reference page. 
• Kollar, V., 1844–1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403–496, 22 pls.. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
• Moore, F. 1874. List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Cashmere territory by Capt. R. B. Reed, 12th Regiment, with descriptions of new species. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(1): 264-274, pl.43. Reference page. 
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

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Vernacular names

• English: Common Flash