Paruparo mio

Paruparo mio
Male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Paruparo
Species: P. mio
Binomial name
Paruparo mio
H. Hayashi, Schrőder & Treadaway. 1984

Paruparo mio is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.[1] It is endemic to the Philippines and found only on Mindanao island. Forewing length: 16–17 mm. It is a quite rare species and the threat category is "vulnerable".

References

  1. "Paruparo Takanami, 1982" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, Schroeder, Heinz, & Treadaway Colin G., 1984: New lycaenid butterflies from the Philippines (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 65(1/2): 29-41.
  • Treadaway, Colin G., 1995: Checklisit 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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