Hypophytala hyettoides

Species of butterfly

Hypophytala hyettoides
at Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypophytala
Species:
H. hyettoides
Binomial name
Hypophytala hyettoides
(Aurivillius, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola hyettoides Aurivillius, 1895
  • Phytala hyettoides
  • Phytala aequatorialis Jackson, 1964
  • Hypophytala aequatorialis

Hypophytala hyettoides, the common flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Hypophytala hyettoides.
  1. ^ Hypophytala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
Taxon identifiers
Hypophytala hyettoides


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