Hypolycaena xenia

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Hypolycaena xenia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. xenia
Binomial name
Hypolycaena xenia
(Grose-Smith, 1895) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chliaria xeniaGrose-Smith, 1895

Hypolycaena xenia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1895. It is found in southern Sulawesi in Indonesia.

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References

  1. Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms