Hypolycaena antifaunus

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hypolycaena

Similar Hypolycaena hatita, Pentila pauli, Hypolycaena philippus, Hypolycaena, Megalopalpus zymna

Hypolycaena antifaunus, the large fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies

Hypolycaena antifaunus antifaunus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Zambia)

Hypolycaena antifaunus latimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)

References

Hypolycaena antifaunus Wikipedia

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