Hypolycaena_pachalica

<i>Hypolycaena pachalica</i>

Hypolycaena pachalica

Species of butterfly

Hypolycaena pachalica, the eastern hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1888. It is found in Uganda, eastern and northern Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Mahagi-Port, Kivu and Semliki), Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, south-western Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and open forests.

Quick Facts Hypolycaena pachalica, Scientific classification ...

Adults are attracted to flowers and males occasionally come to damp patches.

The larvae feed on Combretum constrictum and Talinum portulacifolium.

References

  1. [1]
    Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. [2]
    Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina


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