Rapala

***Rapala*** er en slekt av glansvingene som tilhører underfamilien stjertvinger (Theclinae).

## Utseende
Små til middelsstore (vingespenn 25-30 millimeter) stjertvinger med forholdsvis kraftig kropp. Bakvingen har en lang og tynn stjert, i tillegg er selve bakhjørnet litt uttrukket. Oversiden er mørkt metallisk blå eller kobberaktig rød, med mørke ytterkanter. Undersiden er lyst brunlig med mer eller mindre utbredte tegninger.

## Levevis
Larvene kan leve på en lang rekke ulike planter.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Sørøst-Asia.

## Systematisk inndeling

* sommerfugler (Lepidoptera)
** gruppe / overfamilie **[[dagsommerfugler]]** (Papilionoidea) 
*** familie **[[glansvinger]]** (Lycaenidae) 
**** delgruppe **[[Lycaeninae]]** (i vid forstand)
***** **stjertvinger ** (Theclinae)
****** stamme Deudorigini Doherty, 1886
******* *Deudorix*-gruppen
******** slekten *Rapala* Moore, 1881 
********* *[[Rapala abnormis]]* Elwes, 1893
********* *[[Rapala affinis]]* (Röber, 1886)
********* *[[Rapala arata]]* (Bremer, 1861)
********* *[[Rapala arbaimuni]]* Takanami, 1992
********* *[[Rapala bangkaiensis]]* Ribbe, 1926
********* *[[Rapala bomiensis]]* Lee, 1979
********* *[[Rapala bonthainensis]]* Ribbe, 1926
********* *[[Rapala buxaria]]* de Nicéville, 1889
********* *[[Rapala caerulea]]* (Bremer & Grey, 1851)
********* *[[Rapala caerulescens]]* (Staudinger, 1889)
********* *[[Rapala cassidyi]]* Takanami, 1992
********* *[[Rapala catena]]* South, 1913
********* *[[Rapala colossus]]* Ribbe, 1926
********* *[[Rapala cowani]]* Corbet, 1939
********* *[[Rapala cyrhestica]]* Frühstorfer, 1914
********* *[[Rapala damona]]* Swinhoe, 1890
********* *[[Rapala dieneces]]* (Hewitson, 1878)
********* *[[Rapala dioetas]]* (Hewitson, 1863)
********* *[[Rapala diopites]]* (Hewitson, 1869)
********* *[[Rapala domitia]]* (Hewitson, 1863)
********* *[[Rapala elcia]]* (Hewitson, 1863)
********* *[[Rapala enipeus]]* (Staudinger, 1888)
********* *[[Rapala extensa]]* Evans, 1926
********* *[[Rapala francesca]]* Swinhoe, 1911
********* *[[Rapala hades]]* (de Nicéville, 1895)
********* *[[Rapala hinomaru]]* Fujioka, 1970
********* *[[Rapala horishana]]* Matsumura, 1919
********* *[[Rapala iarbus]]* (Fabricius, 1787)
********* *[[Rapala koshunna]]* Sonan, 1932
********* *[[Rapala lankana]]* (Moore, 1879)
********* *[[Rapala lazulina]]* (Moore, 1879)
********* *[[Rapala manea]]* (Hewitson, 1863)
********* *[[Rapala masara]]* Osada, 1987
********* *[[Rapala melida]]* Frühstorfer, 1912
********* *[[Rapala micans]]* (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
********* *[[Rapala mikaae]]* Shinkai & Morita, 1997
********* *[[Rapala nemorensis]]* Oberthür, 1914
********* *[[Rapala nicevillei]]* Swinhoe, 1911
********* *[[Rapala nissa]]* (Kollar, 1844)
********* *[[Rapala pheretima]]* (Hewitson, 1863)
********* *[[Rapala rectivitta]]* (Moore, 1879)
********* *[[Rapala refulgens]]* de Nicéville, 1891
********* *[[Rapala renata]]* Frühstorfer, 1912
********* *[[Rapala repercussa]]* Leech, 1890
********* *[[Rapala rhoda]]* de Nicéville, 1896
********* *[[Rapala rhodopis]]* de Nicéville, 1896
********* *[[Rapala rhoecus]]* de Nicéville, 1895
********* *[[Rapala ribbei]]* (Röber, 1886)
********* *[[Rapala rosacea]]* de Nicéville, 1889
********* *[[Rapala rubida]]* Tytler, 1927
********* *[[Rapala scintilla]]* de Nicéville, 1890
********* *[[Rapala selina]]* (Moore, 1874)
********* *[[Rapala sphinx]]* (Fabricius, 1775)
********* *[[Rapala sthenas]]* Frühstorfer, 1912
********* *[[Rapala subpurpurea]]* Leech, 1890
********* *[[Rapala suffusa]]* (Moore, 1879)
********* *[[Rapala takasagonis]]* Matsumura, 1929
********* *[[Rapala tara]]* de Nicéville, 1889
********* *[[Rapala tomokoae]]* Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1978
********* *[[Rapala vajana]]* Corbet, 1940
********* *[[Rapala varuna]]* (Horsfield, 1829)
********* *[[Rapala zamona]]* Frühstorfer, 1912

## Litteratur
* Indian Foundation for butterflies – *Rapala iarbus* http://www.butterfliesofindia.com/10-lycaenidae/rapala-iarbus-dp1

## Eksterne lenker
* 
* Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. [''Rapala'' i The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ http://tolweb.org 
* www.funet.fi – ''Rapala''
* Bilder av ''Rapala ?micans''