Hypolycaena shirozui
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. shirozui
Binomial name
Hypolycaena shirozui (H. Hayashi, 1981) [1]
Synonyms
Chliaria shirozui

Hypolycaena shirozui is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described as Chliaria shirozui and moved to Hypolycaena by Hisakazu Hayashi, 1984. It is found on Mindanao, Leyte and Samar islands in the Philippines.

Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Takashi Shirozu. A Japanese lepidopterist. Professor Emeritus of Kyushu University.

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References

• Hayashi Hisakazu, 1984: Zwei neue Lycaeniden-Arten von den Philippinen(Lep.:Lycaenidae), ENTOMOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT MIT INSEKTENBORSE, 21: 311-314.
• Hayashi Hisakazu, 1984: New Synonyms, New Status, New Combinations, New Species and New Subspecies of Butterflies from the Philippines and Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Satyridae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae), IWASE, 2: 9-34.
• Treadaway, Colin G. & Schröder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.