Biology:Pratapa tyotaroi

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pratapa tyotaroi
Pratapa tyotaroi male upperside.jpg
Male upperside
Pratapa tyotaroi female upperside.jpg
Female upperside
Scientific classification edit
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.

Male, Mount Apo, Mindanao
Male, Mount Apo
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

  • 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". http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/phillist.html. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q5972031 entry