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] | |
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Hypophytala benitensis, the Holland's flash, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the 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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- ↑ Hypophytala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina
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