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Rapala (/ ˈ r æ p ə l ɑː / RAP-ə-lah) [1] is a fishing product manufacturing company based in Finland. It was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, covered with chocolate candy bar wrappers and melted photography film negatives, for a protective outer coating. [2]
Lauri Rapala (1905–1974) was a Finnish fisherman, inventor and the founder of Rapala-Normark Group, the world's largest fishing lure and tackle producer. He died in 1974 at the age of 69. He died in 1974 at the age of 69.
Rapala species from India. Rapala is a genus of butterflies in the tribe Deudorigini of the subfamily Theclinae of the family Lycaenidae.They are found throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a few species extending to Australia and into the eastern Palaearctic region.
Rapala Original Floater in Clown Pattern. The Original Floater is a wobbler type of fishing lure, manufactured by Rapala. It is modeled after the first lure created by founder Lauri Rapala, in Finland in 1936. That prototype was made of cork wrapped in tinfoil and covered in melted film negatives as a cheap alternative to lacquer.
Rapala dieneces, the scarlet flash, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1878. It is found in Myanmar , northern India , Assam , Bengal , Malaya , Singapore , Sumatra , Borneo , Nias and the Philippines .
Rapala pheretima petosiris (Hewitson, 1863) (Nepal, Sikkim, Assam to northern Thailand) Rapala pheretima sequeira (Distant, 1885) (southern Thailand, Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore) Rapala pheretima tiomana Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman) Rapala pheretima sakaia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Java) Rapala pheretima guevara Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Borneo)
Rapala rhoecus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. [2] Subspecies.
Rapala tomokoae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi, Heinz G. Schroeder and Colin G. Treadaway in 1978. It is endemic to the Philippines . Its forewing length is 17–19 mm.