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Arhopala tephlis unnoi

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Arhopala tephlis unnoi
Arhopala tephlis unnoi
Female upperside & underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
Subspecies:
A. t. unnoi
Trinomial name
Arhopala tephlis unnoi
H. Hayashi, 1976

Arhopala tephlis unnoi is a subspecies of the butterfly Arhopala tephlis in the family Lycaenidae. The subspecies was first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1976. It was found on Palawan in the Philippines. This subspecies is distributed on Batanes, Bohol, Calamian, Cebu, Cmiguin de Luzon, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Sibuyan except Palawan.

Etymology. The subspecific name is dedicated to Mr. Kazutaka UNNO, professor emeritus of Osaka University.

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  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1976: SOME LYCAENID BUTTERFLIES FROM PALAWAN, WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SUBSPECIES (LEPIDOPTERS : LYCAENIDAE) TYO TO GA.27:5-8.
  • Treadaway, Colin G., 1995: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. 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.
  • Treadaway, Colin G. & Schröder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.