Catapaecilma nakamotoi

Catapaecilma nakamotoi
Male upperside
Male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Catapaecilma
Species: C. nakamotoi
Binomial name
Catapaecilma nakamotoi
H. Hayashi, 1979[1]

Catapaecilma nakamotoi is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

It is a rare species, endemic to the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.

Its forewing length is 17–19 mm.

References

  1. "Catapaecilma Butler, 1879" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1979: New Lycaenid Butterflies from Mindanao, the Philippines.: Tyô to Ga. 30(1,2): 83-90.
  • Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl.14: 7-118.
  • Takanami, Y. & Seki, Y., 2001. A synonymic list of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Edn. 12.
  • Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.


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