Pyroneura toshikoae
| Pyroneura toshikoae | |
|---|---|
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| Male upperside | |
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| Male underside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pyroneura |
| Species: | P. toshikoae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyroneura toshikoae H. Hayashi. 1980 | |
Pyroneura toshikoae is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. Forewing length:19-20mm. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is very rare species and found only on eastern part of Mindanao Island.
References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu., 1980: New Hesperid Butterflies from Mindanao, the Philippines. Tyo-toGa. 30(3,4): 172-175.
- De Jong, R. & Treadaway, C. G., 1993: The Hespriidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. The Zoologische Verhandelingen. 288: 1-125.
- Treadaway, Colin G., 1955: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
- De Jong, Rienke & Treadaway, Colin G., 2008: Hesperiidae 1, Hesperiidae of the Philippine Islands. Butterflies of the world. 29: 1-15. pls. 1-39.
- 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.