Hypolycaena toshikoae
| Hypolycaena toshikoae | |
|---|---|
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| Male | |
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| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Hypolycaena |
| Species: | H. toshikoae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypolycaena toshikoae H. Hayashi. 1984[1] | |
Hypolycaena toshikoae is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. Forewing length:10-13mm. It is endemic to the Philippines (Luzon & Mindoro). On Mt. Halcon of Mindoro Island male is not rare but female is very rare.[2]
References
- Hayashi Hisakazu, 1984: New Synonyms, New Status, New Combinations, New Species and New Subspecies of Butterflies from the Philippines and Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Satyridae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae). IWASE.2:9-34.
- Treadaway, Colin G., 1955: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
- Takanami, Y. & Seki, Y., 2001: A synonymic list of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Edn. 12.
- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 2011: A new record of male of Hypolycaena toshikoae from Mindoro Is. in the Philippines (Text in Japanese). YADORIGA. 228:32-33. .
- Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.
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