Butterflies and Moths of West Africa
Home|About this site|News|Search|How to contribute|References|Links
Butterflies
Systematic list Alphabetical list Thumbnail index
Moths
Systematic list Alphabetical list Thumbnail index
Species description
Ecosystems
Gazetteer
Glossary
westafricanlepidoptera.com » butterflies » systematic list » Lycaenidae » Hypolycaena lebona
« previous |  next »

Hypolycaena lebona (Hewitson, 1865)

Subspecies

  • [Hypolycaena] lebona lebona (Hewitson, 1865)
    - anomala (Dufrane, 1953)
    - splendens (Dufrane, 1953)

Adult morphologyWingspan11
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)446
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)602
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
WEF:
Centered on the evergreen forest types (including upland evergreen in Ghana and Nimba)
WEF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

Phytophagous but also associated with Pheidole ants

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011