Hypolycaena pachalica
| Hypolycaena pachalica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Hypolycaena |
| Species: | H. pachalica |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888[1] | |
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Hypolycaena pachalica, the Eastern Hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Butler in 1888. It is found in Uganda, eastern and northern Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Ituri, Mahagi-Port, Kivu and Semliki), Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, south-western Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and open forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers and males occasionally come to damp patches.
The larvae feed on Combretum constrictum and Talinum portulacifolium.
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