Hypolycaena toshikoae

Hypolycaena toshikoae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1984. Forewing length: 10–13 mm. It is endemic to the islands of Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines. On Mount Halcon of Mindoro island, the male is not rare but the female is very rare.^[2]

Hypolycaena toshikoae
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. toshikoae
Binomial name
Hypolycaena toshikoae H. Hayashi, 1984[1]

Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Mrs Toshiko HAYASHI, the mother of the author.