Hypolycaena pachalica

Hypolycaena pachalica, the eastern hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1888. It is found in Uganda, eastern and northern Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Mahagi-Port, Kivu and Semliki), Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, south-western Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and open forests.

Hypolycaena pachalica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Hypolycaena
Species:
H. pachalica
Binomial name
Hypolycaena pachalica
Butler, 1888[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena (Tatura) pachalica Butler, 1888
  • Hypolycaena aureolineata Bethune-Baker, 1906

Adults are attracted to flowers and males occasionally come to damp patches.

The larvae feed on Combretum constrictum and Talinum portulacifolium.

References
  1. Hypolycaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Hypolycaenina


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