Libythea myrrha iwanagai

Male, left:upperside, right:underside, Palawan Is.
Female, left:upperside, right:underside, Palawan Is.

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Libytheinae
Genus: Libythea
Species: Libythea myrrha
Subspecies: Libythea myrrha iwanagai

Name edit

Libythea myrrha iwanagai H. Hayashi, 1976

  • Type locality: Philippines, Palawan, Taot-Daram.
  • Holotype: OMNH. ♂. 4. VIII. 1968.

Synonymy edit

  • Status:   invalid taxon   [synonym of Libythea myrrha hecura Fruhstorfer, 1914; synonymized by Kawahara 2013: 37]

References edit

  • Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1976: New subspecies of Libythea myrrha, Zemeros flegyas and Dodona deodata from Palawan ( Lepidoptera: Libytheidae & Riodinidae). Tyo-to-Ga. 27(1): 9–12.[1]
  • Aoki,T., Yamaguti, S. & Uemura, Y., 1982. In Tsukada, E.(Ed.), Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands, 3. 500pp., incl.113pls. Plapac. Tokyo.
  • Treadaway Colin G., 1995: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7–118.
  • Treadaway, C. G. & Schrőder, Heinz, 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.20: 1–64.