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Shining Fairy Hairstreak
Hypolycaena coerulea
Hypolycaena coerulea, the shining fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (the Niger Delta, the eastern part of the country and the Cross River loop) and western Cameroon. The habitat consists of primary forests.
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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 149459.