''Hypolycaena'' is a
butterfly
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genus in the family
Lycaenidae
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. ''Hypolycaena'' species are found in the
Australasian,
Indomalayan
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Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
and
Afrotropical
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realms.
Species
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Hypolycaena alcestis''
(Grose-Smith, 1889)
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Hypolycaena amabilis''
(de Nicéville, 895
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Events
By place Europe
* The Magyars are expelled from western Siberia, and settle in the Carpathian Basin, under the leadership of Árpád ( ...
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Hypolycaena amanica''
Stempffer, 1951
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Hypolycaena anara''
Larsen, 1986
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Hypolycaena antifaunus''
(Westwood, 1851)
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Hypolycaena asahi''
Okubo, 2007
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Hypolycaena auricostalis''
(Butler, 1897)
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Hypolycaena buxtoni''
Hewitson, 1874
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Hypolycaena clenchi''
Larsen, 1997
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Hypolycaena coerulea''
Aurivillius, 1895
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Hypolycaena condamini''
Stempffer, 1956
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Hypolycaena danis''
(C. & R. Felder, 865
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Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. Carloman receives Bavaria (with more l ...
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Hypolycaena dubia''
Aurivillius, 1895
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Hypolycaena erasmus''
Grose-Smith, 1900
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Hypolycaena erylus''
(Godart, 824
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Hypolycaena hatita''
Hewitson, 1865
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Hypolycaena irawana''
(H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1984)
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Hypolycaena ithna''
Hewitson, 1869
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Hypolycaena jacksoni''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Hypolycaena kadiskos''
Druce, 1890
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Hypolycaena kakumi''
Larsen, 1997
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Hypolycaena lebona''
(Hewitson, 1865)
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Hypolycaena liara''
Druce, 1890
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Hypolycaena lochmophila''
Tite, 1967
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Hypolycaena merguia''
(Doherty, 1889)
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Hypolycaena naara''
Hewitson, 1873
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Hypolycaena narada''
Kunte, 2015
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Hypolycaena nigra''
Bethune-Baker, 1914
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Hypolycaena nilgirica''
Moore, 884
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Year 884 ( DCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and repopulates (''repoblación'') Burgos a ...
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*'' Hypolycaena obscura'' Stempffer, 1947
*'' Hypolycaena ogadenensis'' Stempffer, 1946
*'' Hypolycaena pachalica'' Butler, 1888
*'' Hypolycaena phemis'' Druce, 1895
*'' Hypolycaena philippus'' (Fabricius, 1793)
*'' Hypolycaena phorbas'' (Fabricius, 1793)
*'' Hypolycaena schroederi'' H. Hayashi, 1984
*'' Hypolycaena schubotzi'' Aurivillius, 1923
*'' Hypolycaena scintillans'' Stempffer, 1957
*'' Hypolycaena shirozui'' (H. Hayashi, 1981)
*'' Hypolycaena similis'' Dufrane, 1945
*'' Hypolycaena sipylus'' Felder, 1860
*'' Hypolycaena tearei'' Henning, 1981
*'' Hypolycaena thecloides'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
*'' Hypolycaena toshikoae'' H. Hayashi, 1984
*'' Hypolycaena vanavasa'' (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
*'' Hypolycaena xenia'' (Grose-Smith, 1895)
External links
''Hypolycaena''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*, 2011. On ''Hypolycaena'' from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male ''Hypolycaena asahi'' (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ''ZooKeys'' 115: 53–84.
ImagesRoyal Museum for Central Africa
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Hypolycaenini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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