Hypophytala benitensis

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

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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