Hypolycaena liara
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.
| Hypolycaena liara | |
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| Seitz Fauna AfricanaTaf 67 (line a) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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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
- Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina
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