Hypolycaena sipylus

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Hypolycaena sipylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: H. sipylus
Binomial name
Hypolycaena sipylus
Felder, 1860
Synonyms

Hypolycaena tharrytas
C. & R. Felder, 1862

Hypolycaena sipylus is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is widespread in Indonesia as well as occurring in the Philippines and the New Guinea region. It is the type species of the Hypolycaena genus.[1]

Subspecies

  • Hypolycaena sipylus sipylus (Moluccas)
  • Hypolycaena sipylus tharrytas C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Philippines)
  • Hypolycaena sipylus giscon Fruhstorfer, 1912 (northern Sulawesi, Sula islands)
  • Hypolycaena sipylus rhodanus Fruhstorfer (southern Sulawesi)
  • Hypolycaena sipylus numa Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Wetar Island, south-western Maluku, Lesser Sunda chain)
  • Hypolycaena sipylus capella Fruhstorfer (Lombok)

Gallery

  • ssp. sipylus male

  • ssp. sipylus female

  • ssp. giscon male

  • ssp. giscon female

  • ssp. numa male

  • ssp. numa female

See also

Media related to Hypolycaena sipylus at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ↑ On Hypolycaena from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male Hypolycaena asahi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
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