Hypolycaena scintillans

Hypolycaena scintillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. scintillans
Binomial name
	Hypolycaena scintillans; Stempffer, 1957
Synonyms
	Hypolycaena lebona ab. scintillans Aurivillius, 1895;

Hypolycaena scintillans, the Scintillating Fairy Hairstreak , is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Stempffer in 1957. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon.^[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.

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