Baspa melampus, the Indian red flash, Retrieved April 19, 2018. is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in South-East Asia.
Range The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and in India from South India to Orissa, and, in the north from Murree to Kumaon. The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Bangka.Rapala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxonomy The butterfly was previously classified as Rapala melampus (Stoll, 1781). It is also sometimes treated as a subspecies of Rapala iarbus.
Status In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as not rare.
See also List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
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