''Sinthusa makikoae'' 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 ...

. Its forewing length is 12–13 mm. The species is very rare; it is endemic to

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

and found only in

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

References

*, 1985: Two New Species of Lycaenid Butterflies from North Borneo (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).: ''IWASE''. 3: 3-5, 15. *, 1991: Butterflies of Borneo, Lycaenidae. 2(1): 1-113. Toboshima Corporation. Tokyo. Butterflies described in 1983 Sinthusa Butterflies of Borneo {{Theclinae-stub