''Simiskina phalena hayashii'' is a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

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 ...

in 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 ...

. It is found 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 ...

(Bohol, Leyte and Mindanao). The subspecies was first described by Heinz G. Schröder and Colin G. Treadaway in 1979.

References

* Schröder, H., & Treadaway, C. G., 1979: Neue Lepidoptera von den Philippinen. ''Entomologische Zeitschrift''. 89 (24): 268–276, 4 figs. * Treadaway, Colin G., 1955: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 14: 7–118. * Butterflies described in 1979 Poritiinae Butterfly subspecies {{Poritiinae-stub