Hypophytala

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Hypophytala
Hypophytala hyetta figures 11 and 12
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Poritiinae
Genus: Hypophytala
Clench, 1965

Hypophytala is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Species

  • Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890)
  • Hypophytala henleyi (Kirby, 1890)
  • Hypophytala hyetta (Hewitson, 1873)
  • Hypophytala hyettina (Aurivillius, 1898)
  • Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)
  • Hypophytala nigrescens (Jackson, 1964)
  • Hypophytala obscura (Schultze, 1916)
  • Hypophytala reducta (Aurivillius, 1923)
  • Hypophytala ultramarina Libert & Collins, 1999
  • Hypophytala vansomereni (Jackson, 1964)
  • "Hypophytala Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
Taxon identifiers
Hypophytala


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