Pratapa tyotaroi
Pratapa tyotaroi | |
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male upperside | |
female upperside | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pratapa |
Species: | P. tyotaroi |
Binomial name | |
Pratapa tyotaroi H. Hayashi, 1981[1] | |
Pratapa tyotaroi is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. Forewing length: 13–18 mm. It is endemic to the Philippines. On Mindanao Island it is distributed on Mt. Apo, Mt. Kitanglad and Mt. Masara. In Danielsen & Treadaway (2004) ssp. cadohaana is categorized into (Vulnerable) and ssp. ismaeli is categorized into (Lower Risk, Conservation Dependent). 4 subspecies are described as follows.
Subspecies
- Pratapa tyotaroi tyotaroi H. Hayashi,[1981] (Marinduque & Luzon Islands)
- Pratapa tyotaroi ismaeli H. Hayashi, Schrőder & Treadaway, [1983] (Mindanao Island)
- Pratapa tyotaroi mindorensis Treadaway & Nuyda,[1998] (Mindoro Island)
- Pratapa tyotaroi cadohaana Seki,[1997] (Leyte Island)
References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1981: New Lycaenid Butterflies from the Philippines.: Tyo-to-Ga. 32(1,2): 63-82.
- Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.14: 7-118.
- Takanami, Y. & Seki, Y., 2001. A synonymic list of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Edn. 12.
- Danielsen, F. & Treadaway, Colin G., 2004. Priority conservation areas for butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in the Philippine islands. Animal conservation, London (Zoological Society), 7: 79-92.
- Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.
- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 2013: New record of Deramas manobo and Pratapa tyotaroi ismaeli from Mt. Masara(SE Mindanao Is., the Philippines). Yadoriga. 237: 30.
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