''Poritia kinoshitai'' 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 in 1976."''Poritia erycinoides kinoshitai'' H.Hayashi, 1976"
''Osaka Museum of Natural History''. Retrieved January 14, 2020. Its forewing length is 14–15 mm. It is a rare species and endemic to

Palawan Palawan (, ), officially the Province of 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 terms of total area of . The capital and largest c ...

island in the Philippines. Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Kazuo KINOSHITA, Professor Emeritus of Osaka University in Japan.

References

* Hayashi, Hisakazu. (1976)
"New species of ''Cyaniriodes libna'', ''Poritia erycinoides'' and ''Panchala paraganesa'' from Palawan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)"
''Tyô to Ga''. 27 (2): 49–51. * * Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz (2012). "Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands". ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 20: 1-64. Poritia Lepidoptera of the Philippines Butterflies described in 1976 {{Poritiinae-stub