Hypolycaena kadiskos

Hypolycaena kadiskos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: H. kadiskos
Binomial name
Hypolycaena kadiskos
Druce, 1890[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena buxtoni puella Joicey and Talbot, 1921

Hypolycaena kadiskos, the Scarce Hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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