Arhopala tomokoae
| Arhopala tomokoae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. tomokoae |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala tomokoae (H. Hayashi, 1976) | |
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Arhopala tomokoae is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. Panchala paraganesa tomokoae H. Hayashi, 1976 was moved to Arhopala paraganesa tomokoae by Schröder and Treadaway in 1955 and its status changed to Arhopala tomokoae by Schrőder and Treadaway in 2002. It is endemic to the Philippines and found only on Palawan island. Forewing length is 13–15 mm.
References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu., 1976: New Subspecies of Cyaniriodes libna, Poritia erycinoides and Panchala paraganesa from Palawan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyo-to-Ga. 27(2): 49-51.
- Treadaway, Colin G., 1955: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
- Schröder, Heinz G. & Treadaway, Colin G., 2002: Zur Kenntnis Philippinischer Lycaenidae, 15. Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F..22: 239-241.
- 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.
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