{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,16]],"date-time":"2025-09-16T16:11:11Z","timestamp":1758039071745,"version":"3.44.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Magnolia Press","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Zootaxa"],"abstract":"<jats:p>The taxonomy of\u00a0Rapala\u00a0Moore, 1881 in Nepal remains problematic due to historical misidentifications, taxonomic reclassifications, and the absence of comprehensive identification keys. This study reviews\u00a0Rapala\u00a0species documented in Nepal based on field observations by the authors, available citizen science data, literature review, and museum specimens. A total of 13\u00a0Rapala\u00a0species are recognized from Nepal under current taxonomy. The historical taxonomic confusion between\u00a0Rapala rectivitta (Moore, 1879) and\u00a0R. rosacea\u00a0de Nic\u00e9ville, [1889], in Nepal is discussed, with\u00a0R. rosacea, having previously been considered as\u00a0R. rectivitta,\u00a0formally recognized in Nepal\u2019s butterfly fauna for the first time. Additionally, new evidence of\u00a0R. rectivitta\u00a0from Nepal is provided. The taxonomic status of\u00a0R. huangi\u00a0Nakamura &amp; Seki, 2017 is reaffirmed as valid, warranting its inclusion in Nepal\u2019s faunal list. It is also documented for the first time from NE India. The status of\u00a0R. hinomaru\u00a0Fujioka, 1970 is revised; we propose it as a junior subjective synonym of\u00a0R. nissa\u00a0(Kollar, [1844]), syn. nov. To facilitate species identification, images of live and spread specimens of all the documented\u00a0Rapala\u00a0species in Nepal are provided, along with images of male and female genitalia and dichotomous keys.\n\u00a0<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.11646\/zootaxa.5692.1.2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]],"date-time":"2025-09-11T00:45:21Z","timestamp":1757551521000},"page":"31-56","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A review of the genus Rapala Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) of Nepal with insights on little-known species"],"prefix":"10.11646","volume":"5692","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2749-0738","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"SAJAN","family":"KC","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-7545-2050","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"PIET VAN DER","family":"POEL","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-0243-1937","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"SURENDRA","family":"PARIYAR","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-7900-981X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"AMAN","family":"SUNAR","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-4342-7530","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"MAHENDRA SINGH","family":"LIMBU","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4913","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]},"container-title":["Zootaxa"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/mapress.com\/zt\/article\/download\/zootaxa.5692.1.2\/57193","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/mapress.com\/zt\/article\/download\/zootaxa.5692.1.2\/57193","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]],"date-time":"2025-09-11T00:45:21Z","timestamp":1757551521000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/mapress.com\/zt\/article\/view\/zootaxa.5692.1.2"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.11646\/zootaxa.5692.1.2","relation":{},"ISSN":["1175-5334","1175-5326"],"issn-type":[{"type":"electronic","value":"1175-5334"},{"type":"print","value":"1175-5326"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]}}}