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Hypolycaena liara

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hypolycaena

Similar
  
Hypolycaena hatita, Hypolycaena antifaunus, Hypolycaena philippus, Megalopalpus zymna

Hypolycaena liara, the black-patch hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Vitex species.

Subspecies

  • Hypolycaena liara liara (eastern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, southern Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Kivu, Tshopo, Kinshasa, Sankuru, Lomani, Lualuba and Tanganika)
  • Hypolycaena liara plana Talbot, 1935 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, south-western Tanzania, Zambia: Lusaka and northwards)

    • References

    Hypolycaena liara Wikipedia
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