Manto (butterfly)

Manto
Manto hypoleuca
Manto hypoleuca male Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Manto
Species: Manto hypoleuca
Binomial name
Manto hypoleuca
(Hewitson, 1865)[1]

Manto is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. This genus is found in the Indomalayan ecozone. It is monotypic, containing the single species Manto hypoleuca.

Subspecies

  • M. h. hypoleuca Java
  • M. h. martina (Hewitson, 1869) Palawan
  • M. h. inopinata (Butler, 1883) Nias

References

Specific
  1. Hewitson, W. C., 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls.


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