Hypolycaena antifaunus

Large fairy hairstreak
	both male H. a. antifaunus; Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. antifaunus
Binomial name
	Hypolycaena antifaunus; (Westwood, 1851)
Synonyms
	Iolaus antifaunus Westwood, 1851; Hypolycaena antifaunus ab. latefasciata Dufrane, 1953; Zeltus antifaunus latimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1921;

Hypolycaena antifaunus, the large fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae which is native to the African tropics and subtropics.

Range[edit]

It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2]

Habitat and habits[edit]

The habitat consists of primary forests. Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies[edit]

Hypolycaena antifaunus antifaunus — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Zambia
Hypolycaena antifaunus latimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) — Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania

References[edit]

^ Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina

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[1] Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina

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