Hypophytala hyettoides

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.

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

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


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