Poritia kinoshitai

Poritia kinoshitai
	Male upperside
	Female upperside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Poritia
Species:	P. kinoshitai
Binomial name
	Poritia kinoshitai; (H. Hayashi, 1976)
Synonyms
	Poritia erycinoides kinoshitai H. Hayashi, 1976 was changed the status to Poritia kinoshitai by Takanami & Seki, 2001 & Treadaway & Schrőder, 2012.;

Poritia kinoshitai is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1976.^[1] Its forewing length is 14–15 mm. It is a rare species and endemic to Palawan island in the Philippines.

Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Kazuo KINOSHITA, Professor Emeritus of Osaka University in Japan.

References

^ "Poritia erycinoides kinoshitai H.Hayashi, 1976". Osaka Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

Hayashi, Hisakazu. (1976). "New species of Cyaniriodes libna, Poritia erycinoides and Panchala paraganesa from Palawan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Tyô to Ga. 27 (2): 49–51.
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. & Schrőder, Heinz (2012). "Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

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[1] "Poritia erycinoides kinoshitai H.Hayashi, 1976". Osaka Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

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