Hypolycaena schroederi is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1984. It is endemic to the Philippines where it is distributed on Mindanao and Samar islands. It is a very rare species.
Its forewing length is 13–14 mm.
Etymology. The Specific name is dedicated to Dr. H. Schroeder of Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main. References
Hayashi, Hisakazu (1984). "Zwei neue Lycaeniden-Arten von den Philippinen (Lep.: Lycaenidae)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 94 (21): 311–314. Treadaway, C. G. (1995). "Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Suppl. 14: 7–118.
Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G. (2012). "Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Suppl. 20: 1–64.