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Hypolycaena
Hypolycaena is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Hypolycaena species are found in the Australasian, Indomalayan and Afrotropical realms.
47 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Tit
speciesHypolycaena erylus
Common Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena philippus
Black-spotted Flash
speciesHypolycaena phorbas
Orchid Tit
speciesHypolycaena othona
Dark Tit
speciesHypolycaena thecloides
Pale Blue Tit
speciesHypolycaena sipylus
Blue Tit
speciesHypolycaena kina
Orchid Flash
speciesHypolycaena danis
Large Fairy Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena antifaunus
common fairy hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena hatita
Fairy Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena lebona
Black-patch Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena liara
Buxton's hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena buxtoni
Nilgiri tit
speciesHypolycaena nilgirica
Sulawesi Tit
speciesHypolycaena xenia
Hypolycaena pachalica
speciesHypolycaena pachalica
Black Fairy Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena nigra
Purple Tit
speciesHypolycaena merguia
Hypolycaena dubia
speciesHypolycaena dubia
Hypolycaena ithna
speciesHypolycaena ithna
Hypolycaena periphorbas
speciesHypolycaena periphorbas
Hypolycaena balua
speciesHypolycaena balua
Banded Tit
speciesHypolycaena narada
Hypolycaena amabilis
speciesHypolycaena amabilis
Savannah Fairy Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena anara
Hypolycaena clenchi
speciesHypolycaena clenchi
Hypolycaena jacksoni
speciesHypolycaena jacksoni
coastal hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena lochmophila
Hypolycaena pahanga
speciesHypolycaena pahanga
Hypolycaena phemis
speciesHypolycaena phemis
Hypolycaena kadiskos
speciesHypolycaena kadiskos
Hypolycaena auricostalis
speciesHypolycaena auricostalis
Hypolycaena naara
speciesHypolycaena naara
Hypolycaena alcestis
speciesHypolycaena alcestis
Hypolycaena shirozui
speciesHypolycaena shirozui
Kakum Fairy Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena kakumi
Mangrove Flash
speciesHypolycaena litoralis
Shining Fairy Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena coerulea
Hypolycaena danisoides
speciesHypolycaena danisoides
Hypolycaena vanavasa
speciesHypolycaena vanavasa
Hypolycaena tearei
speciesHypolycaena tearei
Hypolycaena ogadenensis
speciesHypolycaena ogadenensis
Hypolycaena schubotzi
speciesHypolycaena schubotzi
Hypolycaena similis
speciesHypolycaena similis
Scintillating Fairy Hairstreak
speciesHypolycaena scintillans
Hypolycaena amanica
speciesHypolycaena amanica
Hypolycaena condamini
speciesHypolycaena condamini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 146928.