Hypolycaena scintillans

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Hypolycaena scintillans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. scintillans
Binomial name
Hypolycaena scintillans
Stempffer, 1957 [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena lebona ab. scintillansAurivillius, 1895

Hypolycaena scintillans, the scintillating fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henri Stempffer in 1957. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon. [2] Its habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.

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 2012-07-30.

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