Hypolycaena liara

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Hypolycaena liara
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Seitz Fauna AfricanaTaf 67 (line a)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. liara
Binomial name
Hypolycaena liara
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena symmachaHulstaert, 1924
  • Hypolycaena bitjeanaBethune-Baker, 1926

Hypolycaena liara, the black-patch hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forests and secondary growth.

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The larvae feed on Vitex species.

Subspecies

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-26.