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Hypolycaena hatita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hypolycaena

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Similar
  
Hypolycaena antifaunus, Hypolycaena philippus, Pentila pauli, Iolaus iulus, Iolaus timon

Hypolycaena hatita, the common fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of primary forests and dense secondary growth.

Adult males have been recorded feeding from bird droppings and are occasionally seen mud-puddling.

The larvae feed on Syzygium species.

Subspecies

  • Hypolycaena hatita hatita (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Tsuapa, Kinshasa, Cataractes, Bas-Fleuve, Sankuru and Maniema)
  • Hypolycaena hatita japhusa Riley, 1921 (western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia: from the Copperbelt northwards, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba)
  • Hypolycaena hatita ugandae Sharpe, 1904 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba, Lomani and Kivu)

    • References

    Hypolycaena hatita Wikipedia
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