''Arhopala tomokoae'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. ''Panchala paraganesa tomokoae'' H. Hayashi, 1976 was moved to ''Arhopala paraganesa tomokoae'' by Schröder and Treadaway in 1955 and its status changed to ''Arhopala tomokoae'' by Schrőder and Treadaway in 2002. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

island in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. Forewing length is 13–15 mm.

References

* Hayashi, Hisakazu., 1976
"New Subspecies of ''Cyaniriodes libna'', ''Poritia erycinoides'' and ''Panchala paraganesa'' from Palawan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)"
''Tyo-to-Ga''. 27(2): 49–51. * Treadaway, Colin G., 1955: "Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands". ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 14: 7–118. * Schröder, Heinz G. & Treadaway, Colin G., 2002: "Zur Kenntnis Philippinischer Lycaenidae", 15. ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', N.F. 22: 239–241. * Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: "Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 20: 1-64. Arhopala Lepidoptera of the Philippines Butterflies described in 1984 {{Theclinae-stub