Fairy Hairstreak

Hypolycaena lebona

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae

Hypolycaena lebona, the fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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