Hypolycaena kadiskos
Species of butterfly
Hypolycaena kadiskos | |
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Figs 75, 76 as Hypolycaena buxtoni puella | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Hypolycaena |
Species: | H. kadiskos |
Binomial name | |
Hypolycaena kadiskos H. H. Druce, 1890[1] | |
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Hypolycaena kadiskos, the scarce hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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