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Hypolycaena C. & R. Felder, 1862
Tits Hairstreaks
Hypolycaena C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 293, TS: Myrina sipylus Felder
Hypolycaena (Hypolycaenini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 438; [BK, 202]
Hypolycaena (Hypolycaenina) ; [AfrL]


[sp-2.jpg] 1254x1008 (~114Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.



Hypolycaena merguia (Doherty, 1889)
-. See [About maps] Chliaria merguia Doherty, 1889; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 58 Pt.II (4) : 427, pl. 23, f. 2
Hypolycaena merguia merguia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Mergui, S.Burma, Thailand Hypolycaena merguia merguia ; [BOR, 622]
H. m. watsoni (Swinhoe, 1911)
Burma, Thailand Chliaria merguia watsoni Swinhoe, 1911; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica, 9 : 83, pl. 721, f. 5
Hypolycaena merguia watsoni, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
H. m. histiaea Fruhstorfer²
Sumatra Hypolycaena merguia histiaea ; [BOR, 622 (note)]
H. m. skapane H. H. Druce, 1895
Borneo Hypolycaena skapane H. H. Druce, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 604, pl. 33, f. 16-17
?sobanas Fruhstorfer
Hypolycaena merguia skapane, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Hypolycaena merguia skapane ; [BMP: 321, pl. 49, f. 30-32]; [BOR, 622]
H. m. palpatoris Fruhstorfer²
W.Java Hypolycaena merguia palpatoris ; [BOR, 622 (note)]

Hypolycaena phemis Druce, 1895²
Borneo. See [About maps] phemis Druce, 1895²; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 565
Hypolycaena phemis ; [BOR, 622 (note)]

Hypolycaena xenia (Grose-Smith, 1895)
S.Sulawesi. See [About maps] Chliaria xenia Grose-Smith, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (4): 512, TL: S.Celebes
Hypolycaena xenia ; [BOR, 622]

Hypolycaena vanavasa (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
Taiwan Chiliaria vanavasa Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (25): [?] 116
Hypolycaena vanavasa ; [BOR, 622 (note)]

Hypolycaena shirozui (Hayashi, 1981)
Philippines. See [About maps] shirozui (Hayashi, 1981); Tyô to Ga, 32: 63-82
Hypolycaena shirozui ; [BOR, 622 (note)]
H. s. madilimi Treadaway & Nuyda, [1998]

Hypolycaena toshikoae Hayashi, 1984
Philippines (Luzon). See [About maps] Hypolycaena toshikoae Hayashi, 1984; Iwase No. 2, 1984: 19
Hypolycaena toshikoae ; [BOR, 622 (note)]

Hypolycaena erasmus Grose-Smith, 1900²
erasmus Grose-Smith, 1900²; Rhopal. Exotica 3: 204
Bismarck Archipelago Hypolycaena erasmus erasmus ; [BAUR, 304]
Halmahera ?Hypolycaena erasmus ssp. ; [BAUR, 304, f.]

Hypolycaena danis (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
Australia, New Guinea. See [About maps] Black and White Tit
Myrina danis C. & R. Felder, 1865; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 240, pl. 30, f. 12-13, TL: Halmaheira
Hypolycaena danis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Myrina danis ; Hewitson, 1869, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): (Suppl.) 7
Hypochlorosis danis ; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 27]

Larva on Dendrobium bigibbum, Vanda sp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Bachan, Halmahera Hypolycaena danis danis ; [BAUR, 305 (text)]
H. d. danisoides de Nicéville, 1897
Kai I. Hypolycaena danisoides de Nicéville, 1897; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66 Pt.II (3) : 558, pl. 3, f. 21, TL: Key I.
Hypochlorosis danisoides ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 395
Hypolycaena danis danisoides ; [BAUR, 304]
Aru?, Papua, Louisade Archipelago Hypolycaena danis deripha ; [BAUR, 305]
H. d. milo Grose-Smith²
New Britain Hypolycaena danis milo ; [BAUR, 305 (text)]
H. d. turneri (Waterhouse, 1903)
Cape York - Cairns Black and White Tit
Pseudonotis turneri Waterhouse, 1903
Hypolycaena danis turneri ; [BAUR, 305]

Larva on Vanda, (petals) [BAUR]


Hypolycaena phorbas (Fabricius, 1793)
Australia, New Guinea. See [About maps] Hesperia phorbas Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 277
Myrina anterylus Doubleday, 1847; (nomen nudum)
Hypolycaena noctula Staudinger, 1888
Hypolycaena phorbas, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Hypolycaena phorbas ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 49, pl. 21, f. 5, 8-7; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 395; [BOW: pl. 177, f. 12, 13]

Larva on Clerodendrum, Faradaya splendida, Cassia alata, Acmena, Flagellaria indica, Planchonia careya [BAUR]

Larva on Flagellaria indica, Dendrophthoe vitellina, Unidentified mistletoe, Cassia alata, C. fistula, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Acmena sp., Eugenia sp., Suzygium wilsoni, Planchonia careya, Ceriops tagal, Lumnitzera racemosa, Terminalia melanocarpa, Aegiceras corniculatum, Clerodendrum floribundum, C. inerme, Faradaya splendida K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Cape York - Yeppoon Common Tit
Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas ; [BAUR, 305]
H. p. ingura Tindale, 1923
Northern Territory Hypolycaena ingura Tindale, 1923
Hypolycaena phorbas ingura ; [BAUR, 305 (text)]
H. p. silo Fruhstorfer
West Irian, Papua? Hypolycaena phorbas silo ; [BAUR, 305 (text)]
H. p. dictaea C. & R. Felder, 1865
Waigeu Hypolycaena phorbas dictaea ; [BAUR, 305 (text)]
Hypolycaena dictaea ;
H. p. infumata Fruhstorfer²
Manam I. Hypolycaena phorbas infumata ; [BAUR, 305 (text)]
H. p. periphorbas Butler, 1882
New Britain Hypolycaena periphorbas Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (56): 152, TL: New Britain
Hypolycaena phorbas periphorbas ; [BAUR, 305 (text)]
Biak, Roon I. Hypolycaena phorbas pseudophorbas ; [BAUR, 305 (text)]

Hypolycaena erylus (Godart, [1824])
Sikkim - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Common Tit
Polyommatus erylus Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 600, 633, no. 60, TL: Java
Hypolycaena erylus ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 49, pl. 21, f. 1-2, 4; [BIR, 354]; [BOW. pl. 177]; [MRS, 649]
[erylus-1v.jpg] 769x513 (~71Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko
Hypolycaena erylus det. Kari Nissinen
[erylus-2fu.jpg] 512x341 (~36Kb) upperside female India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar [erylus-2mu.jpg] 512x341 (~31Kb) upperside male India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
[erylus-2v.jpg] 512x341 (~46Kb) underside India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Vangueria spinosa, Cinnamomum zeylanicum [BMP]


Java Hypolycaena erylus erylus ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. e. pupienus Fruhstorfer, 1912
Lombok erylus pupienus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 238, TL: Lombok
Hypolycaena erylus pupiensus[?] ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. e. teatus Fruhstorfer, 1912
S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo Hypolycaena teatus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 238, TL: N.Borneo
Hypolycaena erylus teatus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Hypolycaena erylus teatus ; [BOR, 620]; [BMP: 320, pl. 49, f. 14-16]
H. e. himavantus Fruhstorfer, 1912
Nepal, Sikkim - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan Hypolycaena erylus himavantus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 237, TL: Sikkim
Hypolycaena erylus himavantus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Hypolycaena erylus himavantus ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. e. andamana Moore, 1877
Andamans Hypolycaena andamana Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 589, TL: Andamans
Hypolycaena erylus andamana ; [BOR, 620]
H. e. syphax Fruhstorfer, 1912
Nias erylus syphax Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 238, TL: Nias
Hypolycaena erylus syphax ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. e. gamatius Fruhstorfer, 1912
Sulawesi erylus gamatius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 238, TL: Celebes
Hypolycaena erylus gamatius ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. e. tmolus C. & R. Felder, 1862
Philippines Hypolycaena tmolus C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 293
mindoranus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 238, TL: Mindoro
Hypolycaena tmolus ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 49, pl. 21, f. 3, 6
Hypolycaena erylus tmolus ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. e. orsiphantus Fruhstorfer, 1912
Philippines (Basilan) erylus orsiphantus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 239, TL: Basilan
Hypolycaena erylus orsiphantes[?] ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. e. aimnestus Fruhstorfer, 1912
Palawan erylus aimnestus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 239, TL: Palawan
H. e. georgius Fruhstorfer, 1912
Sula erylus georgius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 239, TL: Sula
Hypolycaena erylus georgius ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. e. thyrius Fruhstorfer, 1912
Bachan, Halmahera erylus thyrius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 238, TL: Halmahera
Hypolycaena erylus thyrius ; [BAUR, 304]
H. e. pigres Fruhstorfer, 1912
Obi erylus pigres Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 238, TL: Obi
Hypolycaena erylus pigres ; [BAUR, 304 (text)]
H. e. moutoni Ribbe, 1899
Bismarck Archipelago Hypolycaena phorbas var. moutoni Ribbe, 1899; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 12 (1): 220
Hypolycaena erylus moutoni ; [BAUR, 304]
H. e. figulus Fruhstorfer, 1912
Waigeu erylus figulus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 238, TL: Waigeu
Hypolycaena erylus figulus ; [BAUR, 304 (text)]
H. e. erna Kalis, 1933
erylus erna Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 63

Hypolycaena amabilis (de Nicéville, [1895])
-. See [About maps] Chliaria amabilis de Nicéville, [1895]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 309, pl. P, f. 42
Zeltus amabilis Martin, 1895; Einige neue Tagschmetterlinge von Nordost Sumatra [2]: 11 (publ. by Niceville, 1895)
Chliaria amabilis ; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 32]
Java Hypolecua amabilis amabilis
Hypolecua amabilis amabilis ; [BOR, 620]
H. a. lisba (Corbet, 1948)
S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo Chliaria libsa Corbet, 1948; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 17: 97
Hypolycaena amabilis lisba, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Hypolycaena amabilis lisba ; [BMP: 320, pl. 49, f. 25-27]
Hypoleuca amabilis lisba ; [BOR, 620]

Hypolycaena irawana (Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1984)
Palawan irawana (Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1984); Senck. biol. 65 (1/2): 38-39
Hypolycaena irawana ; [BOR, 620]

Hypolycaena schroederi Hayashi, 1984
Philippines (Mindanao, Samar). See [About maps] Hypolycaena schroederi Hayashi, 1984; Ent. Zeitschr. 21: 313-314
Hypolycaena schroederi ; [BOR, 620]

Hypolycaena nilgirica Moore, [1884]
Ceylon, Nilgiris, Palnis. See [About maps] Nilgiri Tit
Hypolycaena nilgirica Moore, [1884]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 527
Hypolycaena nilgirica ; [BIR, 354]; [BOR, 619]

Hypolycaena thecloides (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
Malaya - Philippines. See [About maps] Myrina thecloides C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (12) : 395
Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Hypolycaena thecloides ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 49, pl. 22, f. 9-10; [BOW: pl. 177, f. 16, 17]
Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Nicobars, Burma - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Pulau Tioman Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides ; [BMP: 320, pl. 49, f. 17-18]; [BOR, 620]
Enggano Hypolycaena thecloides extensa ; [BOR, 620]
H. t. philippina Staudinger, 1889
Palawan Hypolycaena thecloides philippina ; [BOR, 620]
H. t. vardara Fruhstorfer, 1912
Siargao Hypolycaena thecloides vardara ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. t. camotana Fruhstorfer, 1912

Hypolycaena ithna Hewitson, 1869
Philippines (Mindanao, Cebu). See [About maps] Hypolycaena ithna Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): (Suppl.) 13, pl. 5, f. 35-36, TL: Philippines
Hypolycaena ithna ; [BOR, 620]

Hypolycaena sipylus Felder, 1860
Moluccas, Celebes, Philippines. See [About maps] Hypolycaena sipylus Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 451, TL: Amboina
Hypolycaena sipylus ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 50, pl. 22, f. 11-14; [BOW: pl. 177, f. 14]
Moluccas Hypolycaena sipylus sipylus ; [BAUR, 305]
H. s. tharrytas C. & R. Felder, 1862
Philippines Hypolycaena tharrytas C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 294
Hypolycaena sipylus tharrytas ; [BOR, 620]
H. s. giscon Fruhstorfer²
N.Sulawesi, ?Sula Hypolycaena sipylus giscon ; [BOR, 620]
H. s. rhodanus Fruhstorfer²
S.Sulawesi Hypolycaena sipylus rhodanus ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. s. numa Fruhstorfer²
Sumbawa, Flores Hypolycaena sipylus numa ; [BOR, 620 (note)]
H. s. capella Fruhstorfer²
Lombok Hypolycaena sipylus capella ; [BOR, 620 (note)]

Hypolycaena alcestis (Grose-Smith, 1889)
Guadalcanal, Tulagi. See [About maps] Thecla alcestis Grose-Smith, 1889; Ent. mon. Mag. 25 : 300 (? preocc. Thecla alcestis Edwards, 1871)
Hypolycaena alcestis ; [BAUR, 305]

Hypolycaena cinesia Hewitson²
Borneo. See [About maps] Hypolycaena cinesia ; [BOW: pl. 177, f. 10]

Any relation with Drupadia cinesia Hewitson?


 

Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865
-. See [About maps] Hypolycaena hatita Hewitson, 1865; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 51, pl. 23, f. 21-24, TL: Ashanti; Sierra Leone
Hypolycaena hatita ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire Hypolycaena hatita hatita ; [BAFR, 512]; [AfrL]
H. h. ugandae Sharpe, 1904
Uganda, W.Kenya Hypolycaena hatita ugandae ; [BAFR, 512 (text)]; [BK: 203, pl. 20, f. 249]; [AfrL]
H. h. japhusa Riley, 1921
Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), W.Tanzania Hypolycaena japhusa ; Joicey & Talbot, 1921, Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 94, pl. 15, f. 77-78
Hypolycaena hatita japhusa ; [BAFR, 512 (text)]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena antifaunus Westwood, 1851
-. See [About maps] Hypolycaena antifaunus Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 75, f. 1
Hypolycaena antifaunus ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 51; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Zaire, Angloa Hypolycaena antifaunus antifaunus ; [BAFR, 512]; [AfrL]
H. a. latimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Uganda, W.Kenya, W.Tanzania Zeltus antifaunus latimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 94, pl. 15, f. 79-81
Hypolycaena antifaunus latimacula ; [BAFR, 512 (text)]; [BK: 203, pl. 20, f. 248]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena nigra Bethune-Baker, 1914
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Hypolycaena nigra ; [BAFR, 512]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena schubotzi Aurivillius, 1923
Zaire. See [About maps] Hypolycaena schubotzi ; [BAFR, 512 (text)]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena ogadenensis Stempffer, 1946
Somalia (Dagahbur). See [About maps] Hypolycaena ogadenensis ; [BAFR, 512 (text)]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890
-. See [About maps] Hypolycaena liara Druce, 1890; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 5 (25) : 27, TL: W.Africa, Addah, Lagos
Hypolycaena liara ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 512]; [AfrL]
Liberia - Nigeria, Cameroun, Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, S.Sudan bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1926²
Hypolycaena liara liara ; [AfrL]
H. l. plana Talbot, 1935
Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), SW.Tanzania Hypolycaena liara plana ; [BAFR, 512 (text)]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena obscura Stempffer, 1947
Hypolycaena liara obscura ; [BK: 203, pl. 20, f. 247]
Hypolycaena obscura ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena naara Hewitson, 1873
Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Angola, Zaire. See [About maps] Hypolycaena naara Hewitson, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 124, TL: Angola
Hypolycaena naara ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 33, pl. 5b, f. 51-52; [BAFR, 513]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena lebona Hewitson, 1865
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, S.Zaire (Shaba), NE.Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Hypolycaena lebona Hewitson, 1865; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 51, pl. 23, f. 28-29 (Hypolycaena antifaunus), TL: Old Calabar
Hypolycaena lebona ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 513]; [AfrL]
Hypolycaena lebona lebona ; [AfrL]
H. l. davenporti Larsen, 1997
Hypolycaena lebona davenporti ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895
Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 211, TL: Kitta, Bonge
Hypolycaena dubia ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena buxtoni Hewitson, 1874
Cape - S.Zaire (Shaba), Tanzania, E.Kenya (coast). See [About maps] Buxton's Hairstreak
Hypolycaena buxtoni Hewitson, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 206, TL: South Africa, River Asuto
Hypolycaena buxtoni puella Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 93, pl. 15, f. 75-76, TL: Ruwenzori, W slope, 2500m
Hypolycaena buxtoni ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 34; [AfrL]
Cape, Natal, Rhodesia, Malawi Hypolycaena buxtoni buxtoni ; [BAFR, 513]; [AfrL]
H. b. spurcus Talbot, 1929
Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), SW.Tanzania Hypolycaena buxtoni spurcus ; [BAFR, 513 (text)]; [AfrL]
H. b. rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924
coast (E.Kenya, E.Tanzania) Hypolycaena buxtoni rogersi ; [BAFR, 513 (text)]; [BK: 202, pl. 20, f. 246]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
W.Uganda, E.Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi. See [About maps] Hypolycaena jacksoni ; [BAFR, 513]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena similis Dufrane, 1945
E.Zaire (Kivu). See [About maps] Hypolycaena similis ; [BAFR, 513 (text)]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena amanica Stempffer, 1951
E.Tanzania (Usambara Mts., Uluguru Mts). See [About maps] Hypolycaena amanica Stempffer, 1951; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 56 : 123
Hypolycaena amanica ; [BAFR, 513]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena kadiskos Druce, 1890
Nigeria, Uganda. See [About maps] Hypolycaena kadiskos Druce, 1890; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 5 (25) : 27, TL: W.Africa, Lagos
Hypolycaena kadiskos ; [BAFR, 513]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena condamini Stempffer, 1956
SE.Senegal (Niokolo Koba). See [About maps] Hypolycaena condamini ; [BAFR, 513 (text)]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena lochmophila Tite, 1967
N.Natal, Malawi (Mlanje, Zomba). See [About maps] Hypolycaena lochmophila Tite, 1967; Entomologist: 166
Hypolycaena lochmophila ; [BAFR, 514]; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena auricostalis (Butler, 1897)
Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Tanzania. See [About maps] Hypolycaena auricostalis ; [BAFR, 514]; [AfrL]
H. a. auricostalis Butler, 1897
Hypolycaena auricostalis auricostalis ; [AfrL]
H. a. frommi Strand, 1911
Hypolycaena auricostalis frommi ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888
Ethiopia, Somalia, S.Arabia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Madagascar. See [About maps] Eastern Hairstreak Coast Hairstreak
Hypolycaena pachalica ; [BAFR, 514]; [BK: 202, pl. 20, f. 245]; [AfrL]

Larva on Combretum [BK]


Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793)
-. See [About maps] Purple-brown Hairstreak Commona Hairstreak
Hesperia philippus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 283
Jolaus orejus Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 641, TL: Mozambique
= ; [NHM]
?Aphnaeus certhis Doubleday
Hypolycaena philippus ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 50, pl. 22, f. 15-16; [AfrL]

Larva on Clerodendron glabrum, Ximenia americana, Deinbollia oblongifolia, Vangueria randii [PBSA], Deinbollia, Allophylus, Loranthus, Ximenia, Punica granatum, Clerodendrum, Coccinia grandis, Ixora, (inside fruits of) Vangueria randii [BK]

Africa (south of Sahara) Hypolycaena philippus philippus ; [BAFR, 514]; [BK: 202, pl. 20, f. 244]; [AfrL]
H. p. ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)
Madagascar, Aldabra, Cosmoledo, Comoro Is.? Cupido ramonza Saalmüller, 1878
Hypolycaena philippus ramonza ; [BAFR, 514 (text)]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

 

Hypolycaena anara Larsen, 1986
Hypolycaena anara ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena clenchi Larsen, 1997
Hypolycaena clenchi ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena coerulea Aurivillius, 1895
Hypolycaena lebona var. coerulea Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 210, TL: Itoki, Kitta, N'Dian
Hypolycaena coerulea ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena kakumi Larsen, 1997
Hypolycaena kakumi ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena scintillans Stempffer, 1957
Hypolycaena scintillans ; [AfrL]

Hypolycaena tearei Henning, 1981
Hypolycaena tearei ; [AfrL]


Unknown or unplaced taxa

Hypolycaena simplex Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 154, TL: Sierra Leone
Hypolycaena simplex ; [NHM]

Hypolycaena rava Holland, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58) : 286, TL: Kangwe, Ogové River, W. Africa

Hypolycaena seamani Trimen, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3) : 332, pl. 2, f. 3-4
= ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 34
Hypolycaena seamani ; [NHM]


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References:
[About maps]
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[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[BMP]
Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
[BOR]
D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[Don Herbison-Evans]
and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[Kedar Tokekar]
India
[LAMAS-2005]
Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[MadL]
Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[PBSA]
Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1895
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfaun von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 195-220, : 255-268
Butler, 1882
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Duke of York Island and New Britain Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (55): 36-43, (56): 149-160, (57): 226-238
Corbet, 1948
Revisional Notes on oriental Lycaenidae. (i) & (ii) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 17: (i) 93-97, (ii) 98-102
de Nicéville, [1895]
On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 259-321, pl. N-Q, (4): 366-410
de Nicéville, 1897
On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan Regions J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66 Pt.II (3) : 543-577, pl. 1-4
Doherty, 1889
On certain Lycaenidae from lower Tenasserim J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 58 Pt.II (4) : 409-440, pl. 23
Westwood, 1851
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Druce, 1890
Descriptions of twelve new Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa, and one from the Solomon Islands, in the Collection of Herbert Druce Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 5 (25) : 24-31
Druce, 1895; H. H. Druce, 1895
A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Felder, 1860
Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462
C. & R. Felder, 1860
Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (12) : 394-402
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (2) Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 282-294
C. & R. Felder, 1865
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Fruhstorfer, 1909
Lepidopterologisches Pêle-Mêle. [XVI]. Neues aus Formosa Ent. Zs. 23 (25): 116-117 (18 September)
Fruhstorfer, 1912
Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 197-272, f. 1-4 (early April)
Godart, [1824]
in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Grose-Smith, 1889
Descriptions of new species of butterflies captured by Mr. C.M. Woodford in the Solomon Islands Ent. mon. Mag. 25 : 299-303
Grose-Smith, 1895
Descriptions of new species of butterflies, captured by Mr. Doherty in the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, and now in the Museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild at Tring Novit. Zool. 2 (2): 75-85, (4): 505-514
Hewitson, 1865; Hewitson, 1869; Hewitson, 1878
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Hewitson, 1873
Descriptions of nine new species of lycaenidae from the west coast of Africa Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 122-125
Hewitson, 1874
Description of four new African butterflies Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 205-206
Holland, 1892
Descriptions of some new Species of African Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58) : 284-294
Hopffer, 1855
[Lepidoptera Diurna] Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 639-643
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 44-118, pl. 5-16
Kalis, 1933
Bijdrage tot de kennis van de Lepidoptera Rhopalocera van Nederlandsch-Indië Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 47-86
Moore, 1877
The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 580-632, pl. 58-60
Moore, [1884]
Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 521-535, pl. 48-49
Ribbe, 1899
Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna des Bismarck- und Salomon-Archipels in der Süd-See Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 11 (1): 35-133, 12 (1): 219-260
Rothschild, 1915
On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402
Staudinger, 1891
Neue exotische Lepidopteren Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 61-157, pl. 1-2
Stempffer, 1951
Contribution à l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 56 : 119-128
Trimen, 1874
On some new species of South African Lycaenidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3) : 329-342


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