Pratapa tyotaroi
Appearance
Pratapa tyotaroi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pratapa |
Species: | P. tyotaroi
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Binomial name | |
Pratapa tyotaroi H. Hayashi, 1981
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Pratapa tyotaroi is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1981.[1] It is endemic to the Philippines. On Mindanao island it is distributed on Mount Apo, Mount Kitanglad and Mount Masara.
Its forewing length is 13–18 mm.
Subspecies[edit]
F. Danielsen and Colin G. Treadaway (2004) categorized subspecies P. t. cadohaana as vulnerable and subspecies P. t. ismaeli as lower risk, conservation dependent. There are four subspecies:
- Pratapa tyotaroi tyotaroi H. Hayashi,[1981] (Marinduque and Luzon)
- Pratapa tyotaroi ismaeli H. Hayashi, Schrőder & Treadaway, [1983] (Mindanao)
- Pratapa tyotaroi mindorensis Treadaway & Nuyda,[1998] (Mindoro)
- Pratapa tyotaroi cadohaana Seki,[1997] (Leyte)
References[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to Pratapa tyotaroi.
- ^ Savela, Markku (November 20, 2018). "Pratapa tyotaroi Hayashi, 1981". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- Hayashi, Hisakazu (1981). "New Lycaenid Butterflies from the Philippines". Tyô to Ga. 32 (1,2): 63–82.
- Treadaway, C. G. (1995). "Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". 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.
- Danielsen, F. & Treadaway, Colin G. (2004). "Priority conservation areas for butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in the Philippine islands:. Animal Conservation, Zoological Society of London. 7: 79-92.
- 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.
- Hayashi, Hisakazu (2013). "New record of Deramas manobo and Pratapa tyotaroi ismaeli from Mt. Masara (SE Mindanao Is., the Philippines)". Yadoriga. 237: 30.