Dacalana kurosawai

Dacalana kurosawai
Male upperside
Female underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Dacalana
Species:	D. kurosawai
Binomial name
Dacalana kurosawai (H. Hayashi, 1976)
Synonyms
Dacalana sannio kurosawai H. Hayashi, 1976 was changed the status to Dacalana kurosawai by Schrőder, Treadaway & Nuyda, 1999.

Dacalana kurosawai is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines and found in Palawan & Calamian islands.

References

• Hayashi, Hisakazu., 1976: New Subspecies of Lycaenid from Palawan. Tyo-to-Ga. 27(1): 19-24.
• Schröder, Heinz G., Treadaway, Colin G. & Nuyda, Justin, 1999: Zur Kenntnis Philippinischer Lycaenidae, 11. Entomol. Z..109(4): 152-154.
• 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.