Hypolycaena hatita

Hypolycaena hatita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: H. hatita
Binomial name
Hypolycaena hatita
Hewitson, 1865[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena japhusa Riley, 1921
  • Hypolycaena ugandae Sharpe, 1904

Hypolycaena hatita, the Common Fairy Hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests and dense secondary growth.

Adult males have been recorded feeding from bird droppings and occasionally mud-puddles.

The larvae feed on Syzygium species.

Subspecies

References

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