Slate flash
The slate flash is a small butterfly from South and Southeast Asia. Its wings are only about 2.5 centimetres across. Its caterpillars eat flowers instead of leaves.
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Fun facts
It lives in many countries, from India and Sri Lanka to Thailand, Singapore, Java and the Philippines.
There are eight subspecies, and many of them live on just one island or group of islands.
Its caterpillars feed on flowers of many plant families, including the pea and rose families.
Most asked questions about Slate flash
?Where does the slate flash live?
In South and Southeast Asia, from India to the Philippines and Sulawesi.
?What does the slate flash eat?
Its caterpillars eat flowers of many plants, like the Rangoon creeper and acacia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rapala manea
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Rapala manea (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Vengolis. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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