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 | |
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Male upperside | |
Male underside | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Ptychandra |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. o. lizae
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Trinomial name | |
Ptychandra ohtanii lizae H. Hayashi, 1984[1]
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Etymology
editThe subspecific name is dedicated to Mrs Liz Wilkinson from Winchester, England.
References
editWikispecies has information related to Ptychandra ohtanii lizae.
- ^ "Ptychandra C. & R. Felder, 1861" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Additional sources
edit- 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.