''Monodontides apona'' is a

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

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 butterfly ...

. It is found on

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of t ...

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 ...

References

* , 1983. ''Blue Butterflies of the ''Lycaenopsis'' Group'': 1-309, 6 pls. London *, 1910. Neue ''Cyaniris''-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten. ''Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung'' 71 (1909): 282-305. *, 1917. Revision der Lycaenidengattung ''Lycaenopsis. Arch. Naturgesch''. 82 (A) (1) (1916): 1-42, 2 pls. *, 1927b-1928: Eine Revision der javanischen, zu ''Lycaenopsis'' und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. ''Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie'' 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ''ibid''. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Monodontides Butterflies described in 1910 {{Polyommatini-stub