Hypolycaena shirozui is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described as Chliaria shirozui and moved to Hypolycaena by Hisakazu Hayashi, 1984. It is found on Mindanao, Leyte and Samar islands in the Philippines.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Hypolycaena |
| Species: | H. shirozui
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| Hypolycaena shirozui (H. Hayashi, 1981)[1]
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Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Takashi Shirozu. A Japanese lepidopterist. Professor Emeritus of Kyushu University.
References
edit- Hayashi Hisakazu, 1984: Zwei neue Lycaeniden-Arten von den Philippinen(Lep.:Lycaenidae), ENTOMOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT MIT INSEKTENBORSE, 21: 311-314.
- Hayashi Hisakazu, 1984: New Synonyms, New Status, New Combinations, New Species and New Subspecies of Butterflies from the Philippines and Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Satyridae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae), IWASE, 2: 9-34.
- 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.
- ^ Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ On Hypolycaena from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male Hypolycaena asahi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
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