Hypolycaena scintillans

Species of butterfly

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

Stempffer, 1957[1]

Synonyms

* Hypolycaena lebona ab. scintillans Aurivillius, 1895

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]

1. ^ Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina

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Taxon identifiers

Hypolycaena scintillans|

* Wikidata: Q16753904
* Wikispecies: Hypolycaena scintillans
* BioLib: 647509
* Observation.org: 225390

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