Pratapa tyotaroi

Pratapa tyotaroi
Male upperside
Female upperside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pratapa
Species:	P. tyotaroi
Binomial name
Pratapa tyotaroi H. Hayashi, 1981[1]

Pratapa tyotaroi is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. Forewing length: 13–18 mm. It is endemic to the Philippines. On Mindanao island it is distributed on Mount Apo, Mount Kitanglad and Mount Masara. In Danielsen & Treadaway (2004) subspecies cadohaana is categorized as "vulnerable" and subspecies ismaeli is categorized as "lower risk, conservation dependent". Four subspecies are described as follows.

Male, Mount Apo, Mindanao

Male, Mount Apo

Male, Mount Apo

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

Wikispecies has information related to: Pratapa tyotaroi

• 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, Y. & Seki, Y., 2001. A synonymic list of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Edn. 12.
• Danielsen, F. & Treadaway, Colin G., 2004. Priority conservation areas for butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in the Philippine islands. Animal Conservation, London (Zoological Society), 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.