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

1. "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.