Rapala tomokoae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi, Heinz G. Schroeder and Colin G. Treadaway in 1978. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its forewing length is 17âÂÂ19 mm.
Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Tomoko HAYASHI, the wife of the first author.
Subspecies
- Rapala tomokoae tomokoae <small>H. Hayashi, Schroeder & Treadaway, [1978]</small> Mindanao, Samar, Leyte, Dinagat and Tawi Tawi
- Rapala tomokoae takanamii <small>H. Hayashi, [1984]</small> Negros, Panay and Siquijor
- Rapala tomokoae bilara <small>M. & T. Okano,[1990]</small> Bohol
References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu., 1978: New Species of Rapala and Sinthusa from Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga. 29 (4): 215âÂÂ219.http://ci.nii.ac.jp/nrid/9000017285983
- Treadaway, Colin G., 1955: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7âÂÂ118.
- , 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.
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