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Chitral Flash
Rapala extensa
Rapala extensa, the Chitral flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. It was described by William Harry Evans in 1926.
From the article Rapala extensa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The upperside is dark brown, it is lightly glossed with purple. On the hindwing, the red areas are crossed by black veins. It is pale brown on the underside. It is similar to Rapala selira, but the red area on the upperside is much wider in extensa.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 884953.