Hypolycaena liara

Hypolycaena liara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. liara
Binomial name
	Hypolycaena liara; Druce, 1890
Synonyms
	Hypolycaena symmacha Hulstaert, 1924; Hypolycaena bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1926;

Hypolycaena liara, the Black-patch Hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Vitex species.

Subspecies

Hypolycaena liara liara (eastern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, southern Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Mongala, Uele, Kivu, Tshopo, Kinshasa, Sankuru, Lomani, Lualuba and Tanganika)
Hypolycaena liara plana Talbot, 1935 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, south-western Tanzania, Zambia: Lusaka and northwards)