Biology:Hypolycaena shirozui

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Hypolycaena shirozui
Hypolycaena shirozui male.JPG
Male
Hypolycaena shirozui female.JPG
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. shirozui
Binomial name
Hypolycaena shirozui
(H. Hayashi, 1981)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chliaria shirozui

Hypolycaena shirozui is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described as Chliaria shirozui and moved to Hypolycaena by Hisakazu Hayashi, 1984. It is found on Mindanao, Leyte and Samar islands in the Philippines .[2]

References

  • Hayashi Hisakazu, 1981: New Lycaenid Butterflies from the Philippines [1]
  • 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. & Schröder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

Wikidata ☰ Q5959841 entry