Hypolycaena antifaunus

Hypolycaena antifaunus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: H. antifaunus
Binomial name
Hypolycaena antifaunus
(Westwood, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Iolaus antifaunus Westwood, 1851
  • Hypolycaena antifaunus ab. latefasciata Dufrane, 1953
  • Zeltus antifaunus latimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Hypolycaena antifaunus, the Large Fairy Hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies

References

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