Hypolycaena toshikoae

Hypolycaena toshikoae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1984. Forewing length: 10–13 mm. It is endemic to the islands of Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines. On Mount Halcon of Mindoro island, the male is not rare but the female is very rare.[2]

Hypolycaena toshikoae
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H. toshikoae
Binomial name
Hypolycaena toshikoae
H. Hayashi, 1984[1]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Hypolycaena toshikoae Hayashi, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  2. On Hypolycaena from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male Hypolycaena asahi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
  • 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., 1955: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
  • Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 14, 2001 via Internet Archive.
  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, 2011: A new record of male of Hypolycaena toshikoae from Mindoro Is. in the Philippines (Text in Japanese). YADORIGA. 228:32-33. .
  • 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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