Hypolycaena hatita

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Common fairy hairstreak
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H. h. hatita
Kakum National Park, Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. hatita
Binomial name
Hypolycaena hatita
Hewitson, 1865 [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena japhusaRiley, 1921
  • Hypolycaena ugandaeSharpe, 1904

Hypolycaena hatita, the common fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of primary forests and dense secondary growth.

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Adult males have been recorded feeding from bird droppings and are occasionally seen mud-puddling.

The larvae feed on Syzygium species.

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References

  1. Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-20.