Paruparo cebuensis chotaroi

Paruparo cebuensis chotaroi
Male upperside
Male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Paruparo
Species:	P. cebuensis
Subspecies:	P. c. chotaroi
Trinomial name
Paruparo cebuensis chotaroi (H. Hayashi, 1977)

Paruparo cebuensis chotaroi is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is a subspecies of Paruparo cebuensis. This subspecies is found on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Its forewing length is 15-18 mm. The nomynotypical subspecies cebuensis is distributed on Cebu island. The other subspecies treadawayi is distributed on Negros island, ametystina is on Homonhon island, soloni is on Bohol island and medicieloi is on Leyte island. Charana mandarina chotaroi, H. Hayashi, 1977 was moved to Paruparo cebuensis by Colin G. Treadaway in 1995.

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Paruparo cebuensis chotaroi

• Hayashi Hisakazu, 1977: New subspecies of Jamides and Charana from Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga. 28(4): 167-168.
• Treadaway Colin 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.