Hypolycaena sipylus

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

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Hypolycaena sipylus is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is widespread in Indonesia as well as occurring in the Philippines and the New Guinea region. It is the type species of the Hypolycaena genus.

Subspecies

H. s. sipylus (Moluccas)

H. s. tharrytas C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Philippines)

H. s. giscon Fruhstorfer, 1912 (northern Sulawesi, Sula islands)

H. s. rhodanus Fruhstorfer (southern Sulawesi)

H. s. numa Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Wetar Island, south-western Maluku, Lesser Sunda chain)

H. s. capella Fruhstorfer (Lombok)

References

Hypolycaena sipylus Wikipedia

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