''Paruparo mio'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

of the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), 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 ...

first described by Hisakazu Hayashi, Heinz G. Schroeder and Colin G. Treadaway in 1984. It is endemic to the Philippine island of

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) is the List of islands of the Philippines, second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and List of islands by population, seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the ...

. Forewing length: 16–17 mm. It is a quite rare species and the threat category is "vulnerable". The specific name is dedicated to the eldest daughter of the first author.

References

* , 1984: New lycaenid butterflies from the Philippines (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Senckenbergiana Biologica'' 65 (1/2): 29–41. * , 1995: Checklisit 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 1984 Paruparo {{Theclinae-stub