Sinthusa kawazoei
Male and female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Sinthusa
Species:
S. kawazoei
Binomial name
Sinthusa kawazoei
H. Hayashi, 1976[1]

Sinthusa kawazoei is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and found only on the island of Palawan. It was first described as a subspecies of Sinthusa privata distributed on Borneo.[2] Treadaway and Schroeder raised its status to a distinct species in 2012. Forewing length is about 12–13 mm.

References

  1. "Sinthusa Moore, 1884" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Sinthusa privata kawazoei H.Hayashi, 1976 (in Japanese)
  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1976: New Subspecies of Lycaenidae from Palawan (Lepidoptera). Tyô to Ga. 27(1): 19-24. 19-24
  • Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl.14: 7-118.
  • 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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