Hypomyrina nomion

Hypomyrina nomion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypomyrina
Species:
H. nomion
Binomial name
Hypomyrina nomion
Synonyms
  • Myrina nomion Staudinger, 1891
  • Deudorix acares Karsch, 1893

Hypomyrina nomion, the dark orange playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of the transition zone between savanna and forest.

References

  1. ^ Hypomyrina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
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