Hypolycaena antifaunus, the large fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae which is native to the African tropics and subtropics.
It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
The habitat consists of primary forests. Adult males mud-puddle.
Hypolycaena antifaunus, the large fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae which is native to the African tropics and subtropics.
Hypolycaena antifaunus is een vlinder uit de familie van de Lycaenidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1851 door Westwood.
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