Hypolycaena lebona

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Hypolycaena lebona
Lebona fairy hairstreak (Hypolycaena lebona group).jpg
H. l. group
Kakum National Park, Ghana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. lebona
Binomial name
Hypolycaena lebona
(Hewitson, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Thecla lebonaHewitson, 1865
  • Hypolycaena lebona ab. anomalaDufrane, 1953
  • Hypolycaena lebona ab. splendensDufrane, 1953

Hypolycaena lebona, the fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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Adults mud-puddle and have also been recorded imbibing moisture from moist wood ash.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on ewo (a word in the Yoruba language). They are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole , including P. aurivillii race kasaiensis. The larvae are deep green in colour.

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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 2012-07-26.


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