Hypolycaena erasmus

Hypolycaena erasmus
	Horace Knight's 1900 illustration of a male from New Ireland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. erasmus
Binomial name
	Hypolycaena erasmus; Grose-Smith, 1900

Last updated August 11, 2025

Hypolycaena erasmus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1900. It is found on the Bismarck Archipelago and Halmahera.^[2]

References

↑ Grose-Smith, Henley Grose (1900). "Lycænidæ (Oriental). Genus Hypolycæna, Feld.". Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies (plate 23, figures 4, 5.). Vol. 3. London: Gurney & Jackson. p. 2.
1 2 Savela, Markku. "Hypolycaena". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

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[Grose-Smith,_1900-1] Grose-Smith, Henley Grose (1900). "Lycænidæ (Oriental). Genus Hypolycæna, Feld.". Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies (plate 23, figures 4, 5.). Vol. 3. London: Gurney & Jackson. p. 2.

[Funet-2] 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Hypolycaena". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

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