Hypolycaena scintillans

Hypolycaena scintillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: H. scintillans
Binomial name
Hypolycaena scintillans
Stempffer, 1957[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena lebona ab. scintillans Aurivillius, 1895

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.

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