Hypolycaena sipylus

Hypolycaena sipylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. sipylus
Binomial name
Hypolycaena sipylus Felder, 1860 [1]
Synonyms
Hypolycaena tharrytasC. & R. Felder, 1862

Hypolycaena sipylus is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is widespread in Indonesia as well as occurring in the Philippines and the New Guinea region. It is the type species of the genus Hypolycaena . ^[2]

Subspecies

• H. s. sipylus (Moluccas)
• H. s. tharrytasC. & R. Felder, 1862 (Philippines)
• H. s. gisconFruhstorfer, 1912 (northern Sulawesi, Sula islands)
• H. s. rhodanusFruhstorfer (southern Sulawesi)
• H. s. numaFruhstorfer, 1912 (Wetar Island, south-western Maluku, Lesser Sunda chain)
• H. s. capellaFruhstorfer (Lombok)

Gallery

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  H. s. sipylus male
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  H. s. sipylus female
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  H. s. giscon male
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  H. s. giscon female
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  H. s. numa male
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  H. s. numa female

References

1. Felder, C., 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium. S-B. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 40: 449–462.
2. On Hypolycaena from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male Hypolycaena asahi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)