Sinthusa kawazoei
Sinthusa kawazoei is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and found only on the island of Palawan. It was first described as a subspecies of Sinthusa privata distributed on Borneo.[2] Treadaway and Schroeder raised its status to a distinct species in 2012. Forewing length is about 12–13 mm.
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References
- "Sinthusa Moore, 1884" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Sinthusa privata kawazoei H.Hayashi, 1976 (in Japanese)
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- Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1976: New Subspecies of Lycaenidae from Palawan (Lepidoptera). Tyô to Ga. 27(1): 19-24. 19-24
- Treadaway, C. 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.
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