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Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius
Hypolycaena lebona Hewitson: of authors, in part.
Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895b: 211; 1922 [1908-1925]: 383; pi. 68b.
This species ranges from Sierra Leone eastward to the eastern Congo and south to Gabon and Katanga, as far as shown by available material (which includes specimens borrowed from the Tervuren Museum). Only males are listed below, since females cannot be distinguished from those of lebona. See discussion and list of undifferentiated females under lebona, next below.
Liberia: no further data, 4 S (Good); Harbel, 1 S , II, 2 S , IV, 1 $ , V, 1 $ , VI, 1 3,X,1 $ , XI; Ganta, 3 $ , II, 2 S , V, 1 $ , VI, 5 6 , VII, 1 $ , VIII; Wanau Forest, 2 $ , II, 2 $ , III; Zorzor, 9 $ , XI, 1 <J,XII (all Fox).
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Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA