Biology:Hypolycaena liara

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Hypolycaena liara
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Seitz Fauna AfricanaTaf 67 (line a)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. liara
Binomial name
Hypolycaena liara
H. H. Druce, 1890[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena symmacha Hulstaert, 1924
  • Hypolycaena bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1926

Hypolycaena liara, the black-patch hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Vitex species.

Subspecies

  • Hypolycaena liara liara (eastern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, southern Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Kivu, Tshopo, Kinshasa, Sankuru, Lomani, Lualuba and Tanganika)
  • Hypolycaena liara plana Talbot, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, south-western Tanzania, Zambia: Lusaka and northwards)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5959803 entry