''Sinthusa kawazoei'' 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 ...

. It is endemic to 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 ...

and found only on the island of

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 ...

. It was first described as a subspecies of ''

Sinthusa privata ''Sinthusa'' is a genus of lycaenid butterflies, the sparks. They are small species with the male genitalia and secondary sexual characters of '' Virachola'', but less robust and weaker in flight. The males are easily recognized, with the forewi ...

'' distributed on Borneo.''Sinthusa privata kawazoei'' H.Hayashi, 1976
Treadaway and Schroeder raised its status to a distinct species in 2012. Forewing length is about 12–13 mm.

References

* , 1976: New Subspecies of Lycaenidae from Palawan (Lepidoptera). ''Tyô to Ga''. 27(1): 19-24
19-24
*, 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'' Suppl.14: 7-118. * , 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 20: 1-64. Butterflies described in 1976 Sinthusa Butterflies of Borneo {{Theclinae-stub