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Hypolycaena scintillans

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hypolycaena

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Hypolycaena scintillans, the scintillating fairy hairstreak , is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Henri Stempffer in 1957. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon. The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.

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Hypolycaena scintillans Wikipedia