Dacalana kurosawai
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Dacalana |
Species: | D. kurosawai
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Binomial name | |
Dacalana kurosawai (H. Hayashi, 1976)
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Dacalana kurosawai is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and found in Palawan and Calamian islands.
The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Yosihiko KUROSAWA, the director of Animal Research Department, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
References
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Dacalana kurosawai.
- Hayashi, Hisakazu., 1976: New Subspecies of Lycaenid from Palawan. Tyô to Ga. 27(1): 19-24.[1]
- Schröder, Heinz G., Treadaway, Colin G. & Nuyda, Justin, 1999: Zur Kenntnis Philippinischer Lycaenidae, 11. Entomologische Zeitschrift . 109(4): 152-154.
- 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.