Hypolycaena scintillans
| Hypolycaena scintillans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Hypolycaena |
| Species: | H. scintillans |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypolycaena scintillans Stempffer, 1957[1] | |
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Hypolycaena scintillans, the Scintillating Fairy Hairstreak , is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Stempffer in 1957. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.