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Hypolycaena clenchi

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Hypolycaena clenchi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species:
H. clenchi'
Binomial name
Hypolycaena clenchi'
Larsen, 1997[1]

Hypolycaena clenchi, or Clench's fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and possibly Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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  1. ^ Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-20.