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Hypolycaena antifaunus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hypolycaena

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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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