Hypolycaena irawana explained

Hypolycaena irawana is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi, Heinz G. Schroeder and Colin G. Treadaway in 1984. It is found in Palawan in the Philippines.^[1]

References

• , &, 1984. New lycaenid butterflies from the Philippines. Senck. biol. 65 (1/2): 29–41.
• , 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118.
• Web site: Takanami . Yusuke . Seki . Yasuo . amp . April 1, 2001 . Edition 12 . A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines . https://web.archive.org/web/20010614230418/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/phillist.html . June 14, 2001 . Internet Archive.
• , 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1–64.

Notes and References

1. https://www.pensoft.net/inc/journals/download.php?fileId=2461&fileTable=J_GALLEYS On Hypolycaena from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male Hypolycaena asahi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)