Biology:Hypophytala hyettoides

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Hypophytala hyettoides
Common flash (Hypophytala hyettoides).jpg
Common flash (Hypophytala hyettoides) underside.jpg
at Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
Scientific classification edit
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

  1. Hypophytala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina

Wikidata ☰ Q5960029 entry