''Rapala dioetas'' is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It was observed by the British naturalist
William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is
endemic to
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
(Sulawesi, Sanghihe, Talaud, Banggai and Salayar).
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9]
The larva feeds on ''
Lagerstroemia'' species.
References
External links
"''Rapala'' Moore, [1881]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'
Rapala (butterfly)">881]"">"''Rapala'' Moore, [1881]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'
Rapala (butterfly)
Butterflies described in 1863
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
Butterflies of Indonesia
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