Hypolycaena liara

Hypolycaena liara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: H. liara
Binomial name
Hypolycaena liara
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. 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 Congo: Shaba, south-western Tanzania, Zambia: Lusaka and northwards)

References

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


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