common fairy hairstreak
- GBIF observations
- 138 GBIF
- iNaturalist observations
- 81 iNaturalist
Taxonomic rank
Species
Hypolycaena hatita ugandae
Description
Hypolycaena hatita, the common fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of primary forests and dense secondary growth.
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Status
- COL status
- accepted
- Name status
- acceptable
- Nomenclatural code
- zoological
Legacy synonyms
hypolycaena hatita
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid