Hypolycaena kakumi

Hypolycaena kakumi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: H. kakumi
Binomial name
Hypolycaena kakumi
Larsen, 1997[1]

Hypolycaena kakumi, the Kakum Fairy Hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (the southern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon and the Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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