Hypolycaena danis

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Hypolycaena danis
Hypolycaena danis, Cairns - Mt Whitfield, Queensland, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 452632148.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. danis
Binomial name
Hypolycaena danis
(C. & R. Felder, [1865])
Synonyms
  • Myrina danisC. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Pseudonotis turneriWaterhouse, 1903
  • Hypolycaena danisoidesde Nicéville, 1897

Hypolycaena danis, the black and white tit or orchid flash, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Maluku Province in Indonesia as well as the New Guinea region and north-eastern Australia. [1]

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The wingspan is about 30 mm. The hindwings have blue edges with black spots and two tails. The underside of the wings is similar, but the pale areas are yellowish. [2]

The larvae feed on Vanda species and Dendrobium bigibbum , [3] Dendrobium canaliculatum , Cattleya , Renanthera , Phalaenopsis and Phalaenanthe species.

Pupation takes place in an off-white pupa, which is attached to the stem of the host plant.

Subspecies

References

  1. On Hypolycaena from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male Hypolycaena asahi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
  2. "Australian Insects". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  3. Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms