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A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines
What's New?
by Yusuke Takanami
since October 1997

The taxa, described since 2000, have not been considered or examined.
Any further information is welcome.

Edition 12 ---> Edition 13 (2016/01/01 revised)

URL and the font has been changed.

Edition 11 ---> Edition 12 (2001/04/01 revised)

# Schroeder, Treadaway (2000). Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 14. Nachr.ent.Ver.Apollo,N.F.21(2): 61-64.
[New Taxa]
Arhopala lurida boxheimeri Schroeder &Treadaway, 2000 (CGT) --- HT: female, Sanga Sanga I.., Boloboc, 20m, 11.iii.1991.
Rapala melida palawanica Schroeder & Treadaway, 2000 (CGT) --- HT: male, S.Palawan, nr.Brooks Point, 20 iii.1996.
Rapala zamona mohagani Schroeder & Treadaway, 2000 (CGT) --- HT: male, Mindoro, Mt.Halcon, 3.iv.1996.

[Photos]
*All photos are by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Allotinus apries ristus --- Male HT (Palawan)
Allotinus unicolor georgi --- Male (Tawi Tawi), Female (Bohol)
Arhopala annulata --- Male? (Palawan)
Arhopala lurida boxheimeri --- Male and female PT (Sanga Sanga I.)
Deranmas smikat ? --- Female (Negros)
Deramas treadawayi --- Female (Mindanao, Mt.Apo)
Flos anniella --- Males (Balabac) and (Luzon, Bataan, in Semper's Coll.).
Iraota rochana lazarena form? --- Male (Mindoro, Mt.Halcon)
Iraota rochana f.-lazarena --- Female (Mindoro, Mt.Halcon)
Miletus gopara eustatius --- Male and female (Sanga Sanga I.)
Rachana jalindra maganda --- Females (Mindanao)
Rapala melida palawanica --- Male HT (Palawan)
Rapala zamona mohagani --- Male PT andfemale PT (Mindoro)
Sinthusa privata kawazoei --- Male and female (Palawan)
Sinthusa nasaka ogatai --- Female (Palawan)

Edition 10 ---> Edition 11 (99/07/18 revised)

# Schroeder & Treadaway (1999). Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae 12. Ent.Z., 109(5): 206-212.

[New Taxa]
Arhopala pseudocentaurus cuyoensis Schroeder & Treadaway, 1999 --- HT: female, Cuyo Is. 200ft, 7.ix.1998.
Arhopala pseudocentaurus decimarie Schroeder & Treadaway, 1999 --- HT: female, Homonhon Is., Magellanes, 15.v.1988.
Arhopala pseudocentaurus dinacola Schroeder & Treadaway, 1999 --- HT: female, Dinagat Is., Mt.Redondo, 1.vi.1991.
Arhopala pseudocentaurus babuyana Schroeder & Treadaway, 1999 --- HT: female, Babuyanes Gr., Camiguin de Luzon Is., 21.iv.1993.
Arhopala simoni Schroeder & Treadaway, 1999 --- HT: male, Tawitawi Is, Batu-Batu, Magsaggaw, 60m, 15.iii.1991. (Similar to Bornean form of A. agesilaus --- Y.T.)

[Photos]
Arhopala ilocana --- Female (2000ft, Quirino Orov, N.E.Luzon, 13v.1990) by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.

Edition 9 ---> Edition 10 (99/04/25 revised)

# Schroeder, Treadaway & Nuyda (1999). Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae 11. Ent.Z., 109(4): 145-154.

[New taxa]
Dacalana halconensis Schroeder, Treadaway & Nuyda, 1999 --- HT: male, Mt.Halcon, 2000m, Mindoro, 12.ix.1996.
Tajuria igolotiana nonoyi Schroeder, Treadaway & Nuyda, 1999 --- HT: male, Mt.Halcon, Mindoro, 2x.1996.
Tajuria mantra kitamurae Schroeder, Treadaway & Nuyda, 1999 --- HT: male, Mt.Banahao, 800m, S.Luzon, 28.vii.1996.

[Photos]
Dacalana halconensis --- Male holotype and female paratype by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Tajuria igolotiana nonoyi --- Male holotype and female by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.

Edition 8 ---> Edition 9 (99/03/01 revised)

[Photos]
Acupicta inopinatum --- Replaced with the colour photo by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Hypolycaena shirozui madilimi --- Added the holotype (female from Negros) by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Hypolycaena toshikoae --- Added a female (must be this species) from Mindoro by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Iraota rochana --- Added the male (from Mindanao) and female (from Palawan).
Iraota rochana form? --- Added the male and female specimens (from Mt.Banahaw, S.Luzon) by courtesy of Mr.Minoru Kitamura.
Paruparo lumawigi --- Replaced with new specimens (from Mt.Banahaw, S.Luzon) by courtesy of Mr.Minoru Kitamura.
Petrelaea tombugensis --- Added a female (from Mt.Banahaw, S.Luzon) by courtesy of Mr.Minoru Kitamura.
Sidima murayamai --- Added the male and female (from Mt.Banahaw, S.Luzon) by courtesy of Mr.Minoru Kitamura.
Tajuria mantra --- Added the male and female (from Mt.Banahaw, S.Luzon) by courtesy of Mr.Minoru Kitamura.

Edition 7 ---> Edition 8 (98/12/26 revised)

# Treadaway, Colin G. & Justin Nuyda. Description of seven new subspecies of Philippine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae) as well as the previously unknown female of Cebrella penelope penelope (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). FIL-KULISAP, Vol.III, No.1 (dated "December 15, 1996", but it must be published in Novenber 1998.): 7-14 (photos.p.17-18.).

[New taxa]
Hypolycaena shirozui madilimi Treadaway & Nuyda, [1998] --- HT: female, nr.Mambucal, 650m, Negros Occ., 18..vi.1988.
Jamides cleodus itumunus Treadaway & Nuyda, [1998] --- HT: Bitangan, 5m, Homonhon Is., 10.iii.1988.
Pratapa tyotaroi mindorensis Treadaway & Nuyda, [1998] --- HT: male, Mt.Halcon, 1,500m, Mindoro, 19. iv. 1994.
Tajuria mantra kimia Treadaway & Nuyda, [1998] --- HT: female, Boloboc, 15m, Sanga Sanga Is., Tawitawi Gr., 30.iv.1992.

[Photo]
Castalius rosimon --- Added the female from Luzon by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.

Version 1.2 ---> Edition 7 (98/11/21 revised)

# All the photos are kindly presented by Mr.C.G.Treadaway.

[New taxa]
Ancema blanka reina --- Described by Schroeder & Treadaway (1998, Ent.Zeit.108: 412) as a new subspecies from Palawan.
Pratapa deva christina --- Described by Schroeder & Treadaway (1998, Ent.Zeit.108: 414) as a new subspecies from Luzon and Palawan.

[Photos]
Allotinus substrigosus --- Added the male and female from Palawan.
Ancema blanka --- Male specimen from Borneo is replaced with from Palawan.
Arhopala ocrida --- Added the female from Samar.
Catapaecilma evansi --- Female specimen from Borneo is replaced with from Negros.
Cheritra aenea --- Replaced with a good specimen.
Chilades pandava --- Added the male and female from Luzon.
Dacalana kurosawai --- Added the male from Palawan.
Horaga amethysta sibutuensis --- Added the holotype from Sibutu I.
Leptotes plinius --- Female specimens from Banka is replaced with from Leyte.
Liphyra brassolis hermelnuydai --- Added the female holotype from Samar.
Logania malayica --- Added the male and female from Leyte and Samar.
Logania regina --- Added the male and female from Tawitawi.
Paruparo annie --- Added a good male specimen from Luzon.
Poritia plateni --- Male and female specimens from Borneo are replaced with from Palawan.
Pratapa deva --- Male and female specimens from Borneo are replaced with from Luzon.
Ritra aurea--- Added the male from Balabac I.
Simiskina phalia --- Female specimen from Borneo is replaced with from Palawan.
Suasa lisides --- Added the male and female from Palawan.

Version 1.13 ---> 1.2 (Edition 6) (98/08/20 update)

Acupcuta inopinatum --- A new species from Mindanao described by Schroeder & Treadaway, 1998 (Entomol.Z.108: 204-208).
Arhopala tindongani --- Added a photo of the female from Luzon (Plate D) by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Callenya kaguya --- Added a photo of the male from Palawan by courtesy of Mr.Minoru Kitamura.
Deudorix philippinensis --- Recorded from Luzon by Mr.Minoru Kitamura.
Pratapa tyotaroi --- Recorded from Luzon by Mr.Minoru Kitamura.
Udara rona imeldae --- Anew subspecies from Palawan described by Schroeder & Treadaway, 1998 (Entomol.Z.108: 204-208).

Version 1.12 ---> 1.13 (Edition 5) (98/02/01 update)

Arhopala bazalus ssp. Mo --- Delete. It must be a distinct species!

Eliotia spp.---Should be transferred to the genus Rachana Eliot, 1978 (type species: Myrina jalindra Horsfield, 1829), a junior subjective synonym of the genus Eliotia Hayashi, 1978 (type species: Eliotia mio Hayashi, 1978), because Eliotia Hayashi, 1978 is a junior homonym of Eliotia Vayssiere, 1909 (Nudibranchia; Mollusca) (Kocak and Seven, 1997, Priamus 9: 57-114). Kocak (1996, Misc. Pap. Centre ent. Stud., Ankara (27/28): 9) established a new genus Eliotiana (type species: [Myrina] jalindra Horsfield, 1829), but this is a junior objective synonym of Rachana Eliot, 1978.

Version 1.11 ---> 1.12 (Edition 4) (98/01/05 update)

Pratapa tyotaroi sylvicola --- Awful mistake! Delete the subsp. name. "sylvicola" is for the subsp. of Bullis stigmata from Malay Pen.

Version 1.1 ---> 1.11 (Edition 3)(98/01/03 update)

Pratapa tyotaroi sylvicola --- Subspecies from Mindoro was described by Seki, 1997 (Butterflies, 18: 52)
Pratapa tyotaroi cadohaana --- Subspecies from Leyte was described by Seki, 1997 (Butterflies, 18: 52)

Version 1.0 ---> 1.1 (Edition 2)(97/12/13 update)

[List]
Petrelaea tombugensis --- Recorded from Luzon by Mr.Minoru Kitamura.
Poritia solitaria --- As a species. (Status uncertain)
Tajuria berenis berenis from Mindanao --- Delete. Misidentification.

[Plate]
Arhopala trionoea --- Added the female by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Cyaniriodes libna samarana --- Replaced to the colour photos by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Cyaniriodes libna tawicolana --- Replaced to the colour photos by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Dacalana irmae --- Added the underside by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Deramas montana --- Added the male holotype by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Deramas sumikat --- Delete the female. Misidentification.
Drupadia niasica hayashii --- Added the male holotype by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Drupadia niasica thaenia --- Added a male from Marinduque.
Logania waltraudae --- Replaced to the colour photos by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Lontalius eltus treadawayi --- Added the holotype courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Hypolycaena irawana --- Added the female underside by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Hypolycaena schroederi --- Added the female by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Poritia solitaria --- Added the female holotype by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Pratapa deva --- Added the female from S.Luzon by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Pratapa icetoides marikit --- Added the male holotype by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Tarucus waterstradti simillimus --- Added the holotype courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.
Una philippensis --- Replaced to the colour photos by courtesy of Mr.C.G.Treadaway.