Ptychandra ohtanii

Ptychandra ohtanii
Male upperside
Male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Ptychandra
Species:	P. ohtanii
Binomial name
Ptychandra ohtanii H. Hayashi, 1978[1]

Ptychandra ohtanii is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Forewing length:26-29mm. The species resembles P. lorquinii. Black hair pencil is arising in space 3 of forewing upperside in P. ohtanii whreas arising on cubitus in P. lorquinii. The nominotypical subspecies is distributed only on Mt. Apo on Mindanao Island. Another subspecies is found on Leyte Island. The species is rare on both Islands.

Subspecies

• Ptychandra ohtanii ohtanii H. Hayashi,[1978].
• Ptychandra ohtanii lizae H. Hayashi,[1984] (Leyte Island).

References

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• Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1978: Three new species of Ptychandra from Mt. Apo, Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Tyo-to-Ga. 29(4): 211-214.
• Aoki, T., Yamaguti, S. & Uemura, Y., 1982. In Tsukada,E.(Ed.), Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands, 3. 500pp., incl. 113pls. Plapac. Tokyo.
• Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.14: 7-118.
• Aoki, T., Yamaguchi, S. & Uemura, Y., 2006: Additional notes on the satyrid butterflies after publication of "Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands Part3 Satyridae-Libytheidae" . Butterflies. 43: 16-29.
• Treadaway, C. G. & Schrőder, Heinz , 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.20: 1-64.