Baspa melampus explained

Baspa melampus, the Indian red flash^[1] 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.^[2] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Bangka.^[3]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Rapala melampus (Stoll, 1781).^[2] It is also sometimes treated as a subspecies of Rapala iarbus.^[3]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as not rare.^[2]

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

1. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
2. Book: Evans . William Harry Evans

   . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 299, ser no H85.16 .

3. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/rapala/index.html Rapala

References

• Web site: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) . Beccaloni . George . Scoble . Malcolm . Kitching . Ian . Simonsen . Thomas . Robinson . Gaden . Pitkin . Brian . Hine . Adrian . Lyal . Chris . Natural History Museum, London . 2016-10-15 .
• Book: Evans . William Harry Evans

. W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .

• Book: Haribal, Meena . The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India . Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation . 1992 .
• Web site: Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera .
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth

. Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .