Hypophytala hyettoides
Species of butterfly
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Hypophytala hyettoides, the common flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko).[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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| Hypophytala hyettoides | |
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| the same male at Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Hypophytala |
| Species: | H. hyettoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)[1] | |
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