The superfamily Papilionoidea contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1,532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, the family is also represented both in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Australasian (Dicallaneura), Afrotropic, and Indomalayan realms.
Miletinae is a subfamily of the family Lycaenidae of butterflies, commonly called harvesters and woolly legs, and virtually unique among butterflies in having predatory larvae. Miletinae are entirely aphytophagous. The ecology of the Miletinae is little understood, but adults and larvae live in association with ants, and most known species feed on Hemiptera, though some, like Liphyra, feed on the ants themselves. The butterflies, ants, and hemipterans, in some cases, seem to have complex symbiotic relationships benefiting all.
Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.
Polyommatinae, the blues, are a diverse subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies.
Hypophytala is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Polyommatus damon, the Damon blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce (1846–1913) who also worked on Lepidoptera.
Hypophytala hyetta is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda and Tanzania.
Hypophytala benitensis, the Holland's flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Hypophytala henleyi, the Grose-Smith's flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.
Hypophytala hyettina, the western flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of forests.
Hypophytala hyettoides, the common flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko). The habitat consists of forests.
Hypophytala nigrescens, the black flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests.
Hypophytala obscura is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Bioko off the west coast of Africa.
Hypophytala reducta is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hypophytala vansomereni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
H. aequatorialis may refer to:
