Baspa melampusBaspa melampus, the Indian red flash, is a species of blue butterfly found in South-East Asia.RangeThe 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.TaxonomyThe butterfly was previously classified as Rapala melampus. It is also sometimes treated as a subspecies of Rapala iarbus.StatusIn 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as not rare.Cited references