Pratapa tyotaroi

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Pratapa tyotaroi
File:Pratapa tyotaroi male upperside.jpg
Male upperside
File:Pratapa tyotaroi female upperside.jpg
Female upperside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pratapa
Species:
P. tyotaroi
Binomial name
Pratapa tyotaroi
H. Hayashi, 1981

Pratapa tyotaroi is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1981.[1] It is endemic to the Philippines. On Mindanao island it is distributed on Mount Apo, Mount Kitanglad and Mount Masara. Its forewing length is 13–18 mm. Etimology. The specific name is dedicated to the nickname of Mr. Yasusuke NISHIYAMA, Japanese lepidopterist.

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Male, Mount Apo, Mindanao
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Male, Mount Apo
File:Pratapa tyotaroi ismaeli♂ Mt. Apo 1.JPG
Male, Mount Apo

Subspecies

F. Danielsen and Colin G. Treadaway (2004) categorized subspecies P. t. cadohaana as vulnerable and subspecies P. t. ismaeli as lower risk, conservation dependent. There are four 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

  1. Savela, Markku (November 20, 2018). "Pratapa tyotaroi Hayashi, 1981". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  • 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, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 14, 2001 – via Internet Archive.
  • Danielsen, F. & Treadaway, Colin G. (2004). "Priority conservation areas for butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in the Philippine islands:. Animal Conservation, Zoological Society of London. 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.