Hypophytala hyettoides

Hypophytala hyettoides
the same male at Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypophytala
Species:	H. hyettoides
Binomial name
Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895) [1]
Synonyms
Epitola hyettoidesAurivillius, 1895 Phytala hyettoides Phytala aequatorialisJackson, 1964 Hypophytala aequatorialis

Hypophytala hyettoides, the common flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko). ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

1. Hypophytala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-19.