Ptychandra ohtanii lizae

Ptychandra ohtanii lizae is a subspecies of Ptychandra ohtanii. Ptychandra ohtanii lizae is endemic to Leyte island in the Philippines. This subspecies is rare on Leyte island.

Ptychandra ohtanii lizae
Male upperside
Male underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ptychandra
Species:
Subspecies:
P. o. lizae
Trinomial name
Ptychandra ohtanii lizae
H. Hayashi, 1984[1]

Etymology

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The subspecific name is dedicated to Mrs Liz Wilkinson from Winchester, England.

References

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  1. ^ "Ptychandra C. & R. Felder, 1861" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Additional sources

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  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1978: Three new species of Ptychandra from Mt. Apo, Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Tyô to Ga. 29(4): 211–214.[1]
  • 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: 1–20,31-34,pls.1,2(=pp.27,28).
  • Aoki, T., Yamaguchi, S. & Uemura, Y., 2006: Additional notes on the satyrid butterflies after publication of "Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands Part3 Satyridae-Libytheidae" Part 1. Genera Bletogona-Ptychandra Butterflies,Tokyo,Shinjuku 43: 17,27.
  • Treadaway, C. G. & Schrőder, Heinz , 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl.20: 1-64.