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Hypophytala benitensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hypophytala

Hypophytala benitensis

Hypophytala benitensis, the Holland's flash, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Hypophytala benitensis benitensis (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Hypophytala benitensis minziro Libert & Collins, 1999 (Minziro forest, north-western Tanzania)

    • References

    Hypophytala benitensis Wikipedia
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