Species record · No. 7046 · Lycaenidae

Hypolycaena philippus

Scientific name

Hypolycaena philippus

Author & year

(Fabricius, 1793)

Classification

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Hypolycaena

Distribution

Ethiopia, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Eritrea, Gambia, Congo - Kinshasa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

IUCN status

LC Least Concern

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