Hypolycaena scintillans
From Wikipedia - Reading time: 3 min
| Hypolycaena scintillans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Hypolycaena |
| Species: | H. scintillans
|
| Binomial name | |
| Hypolycaena scintillans | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Hypolycaena scintillans, the scintillating fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henri Stempffer in 1957. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon.[2] Its habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.
References
[edit]- ^ Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina
External links
[edit]
 | This Theclinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypolycaena_scintillans7 views | ↧ Download as ZWI file
EncycloReader
is supported by the 
KSF