Catapaecilma nakamotoi
| Catapaecilma nakamotoi | |
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| male upperside | |
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| male underside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Catapaecilma |
| Species: | C. nakamotoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Catapaecilma nakamotoi H. Hayashi, 1979[1] | |
Catapaecilma nakamotoi is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family.
- It is a rare species, endemic to the southern Philippines, and found only on Mindanao Island.
- Forewing length:17-19mm.
References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1979: New Lycaenid Butterflies from Mindanao, the Philippines.: Tyo-to-Ga. 30(1,2): 83-90.
- 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.
- 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.