Hypolycaena
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Hypolycaena is a butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 genus in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...

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Species

  • Hypolycaena alcestis (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  • Hypolycaena amabilis (de Nicéville, [1895])
  • Hypolycaena amanica Stempffer, 1951
  • Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986
  • Hypolycaena antifaunus (Westwood, 1851)
  • Hypolycaena asahi
    Hypolycaena asahi
    Hypolycaena asahi is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Indonesia .The length of the forewings is about 13 mm. Both the fore and hindwings are metallic blue with dark borders...

    Okubo, 2007
  • Hypolycaena auricostalis (Butler, 1897)
  • Hypolycaena buxtoni
    Hypolycaena buxtoni
    Buxton’s Hairstreak is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Africa.The wingspan is 25–30 mm for males and 28–33 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to May and from February to May...

    Hewitson, 1874
  • Hypolycaena cinesia Hewitson
  • Hypolycaena clenchi Larsen, 1997
  • Hypolycaena coerulea Aurivillius, 1895
  • Hypolycaena condamini Stempffer, 1956
  • Hypolycaena danis
    Hypolycaena danis
    The Black and White Tit or Orchid Flash is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Maluku Province in Indonesia as well as the New Guinea region and north-eastern Australia....

    (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
  • Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
  • Hypolycaena erasmus Grose-Smith, 1900
  • Hypolycaena erylus
    Hypolycaena erylus
    The Common Tit is a small but striking butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Range:...

    (Godart, [1824])
  • Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
  • Hypolycaena irawana
    Hypolycaena irawana
    Hypolycaena irawana is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Philippines .-References:, & , 1984. New lycaenid butterflies from the Philippines. Senck. biol. 65: 29-41., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.14: 7-118...

    (H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1984)
  • Hypolycaena ithna Hewitson, 1869
  • Hypolycaena jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Hypolycaena kadiskos Druce, 1890
  • Hypolycaena kakumi Larsen, 1997
  • Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
  • Hypolycaena lochmophila
    Hypolycaena lochmophila
    The Coastal Hairstreak is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in lowland forest in northern KwaZulu-Natal and Malawi ....

    Tite, 1967
  • Hypolycaena merguia (Doherty, 1889)
  • Hypolycaena naara Hewitson, 1873
  • Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
  • Hypolycaena nilgirica Moore, [1884]
  • Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
  • Hypolycaena ogadenensis Stempffer, 1946
  • Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
  • Hypolycaena phemis Druce, 1895
  • Hypolycaena philippus
    Hypolycaena philippus
    The Purple-brown Hairstreak or Commona Hairstreak is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa.The wingspan is 22–28 mm for males and 23.5–31 mm for females...

    (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Hypolycaena phorbas
    Hypolycaena phorbas
    Hypolycaena phorbas is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Waigeo, Biak, Roon Island, mainland New Guinea and various outlyingislands as well as Australia....

    (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Hypolycaena schroederi
    Hypolycaena schroederi
    Hypolycaena schroederi is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. Forewing length:13-14mm. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is distributed on Mindanao & Samar Islands and is very rare species.-References:...

    H. Hayashi, 1984
  • Hypolycaena schubotzi Aurivillius, 1923
  • Hypolycaena scintillans Stempffer, 1957
  • Hypolycaena shirozui
    Hypolycaena shirozui
    Hypolycaena shirozui is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described as Chliaria shirozui and moved to Hypolycaena by H. Hayashi, 1984. It is found in the Philippines.-Subspecies:*Hypolycaena shirozui shirozui Hypolycaena shirozui is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described...

    (H. Hayashi, 1981)
  • Hypolycaena similis Dufrane, 1945
  • Hypolycaena sipylus
    Hypolycaena sipylus
    Hypolycaena sipylus is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is widespread in Indonesia as well as occurring in the Philippines and the New Guinea region. It is the type species of the Hypolycaena genus.-Subspecies:...

    Felder, 1860
  • Hypolycaena tearei Henning, 1981
  • Hypolycaena thecloides
    Hypolycaena thecloides
    The Brown Tit is a small but striking butterfly found in India and South East Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-References:* Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .* Wynter-Blyth, M.A...

    (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
  • Hypolycaena toshikoae
    Hypolycaena toshikoae
    Hypolycaena toshikoae is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. Forewing length:10-13mm. It is endemic to the Philippines . On Mt. Halcon of Mindoro Island male is not rare but female is very rare...

    H. Hayashi, 1984
  • Hypolycaena vanavasa (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
  • Hypolycaena xenia (Grose-Smith, 1895)

External links

  • Hypolycaena at funet, 2011. On Hypolycaena from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male Hypolycaena asahi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ZooKeys 115: 53–84.
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