Hypophytala hyettoides

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Hypophytala hyettoides
Common flash (Hypophytala hyettoides).jpg
Common flash (Hypophytala hyettoides) underside.jpg
at Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
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H. hyettoides
Binomial name
Hypophytala hyettoides
Synonyms
  • Epitola hyettoides Aurivillius, 1895
  • Phytala hyettoides
  • Phytala aequatorialis Jackson, 1964
  • Hypophytala aequatorialis

Hypophytala hyettoides, the common flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References[]

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


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