Hypophytala benitensis

Hypophytala benitensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypophytala
Species:	H. benitensis
Binomial name
Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
Epitola benitensis Holland, 1890 Phytala benitensis Epitola rezia Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893 Phytala schultzei Aurivillius, 1923

Hypophytala benitensis, Holland’s Flash, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Hypophytala benitensis benitensis (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
• Hypophytala benitensis minziro Libert & Collins, 1999 (Minziro forest, north-western Tanzania)

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