Hypomyrina mimetica

Hypomyrina mimetica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypomyrina
Species: H. mimetica
Binomial name
Hypomyrina mimetica
Libert, 2004[1]

Hypomyrina mimetica, the Libert's orange playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Uganda.[2]

References

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


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