Biology:Sinthusa mindanensis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Sinthusa mindanensis
Sinthusa mindanensis ♂ upperside.jpg
Male upperside
Sinthusa mindanensis ♂ underside.jpg
Male underside
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Sinthusa
Species:
S. mindanensis
Binomial name
Sinthusa mindanensis
H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1978[1]

Sinthusa mindanensis is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi, Heinz G. Schröder and Colin G. Treadaway in 1978. It is found on the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Leyte.

Male from Mount Apo on Mindanao

References

  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, Schröder Heinz & Treadaway Colin G., 1978: New species of Rapala and Sinthusa from Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).: Tyô to Ga. 29 (4): 215–219. [1]
  • Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118.
  • Takanami, Yusuke; Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/phillist.html. 
  • Treadaway, Colin G. & Schröder, Heinz, 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

Wikidata ☰ Q5973140 entry