''Paruparo cebuensis'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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in the family

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. It is found in the

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Description

Its forewing length is 15–18 mm.

Subspecies and range

The nominotypical

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''cebuensis'' is distributed on

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island. Subspecies ''treadawayi'' is distributed on

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island, ''ametystina'' on

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island, ''soloni'' on

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island, ''medicieloi'' on

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island, and ''chotaroi'' on

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island.

References

* , 1977: New subspecies of ''Jamides'' and ''Charana'' from Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Tyô to Ga''. 28(4): 167-168

* , 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 1975 Paruparo {{Theclinae-stub