Hypolycaena

Hypolycaena
Hypolycaena sipylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Hypolycaenini
Genus: Hypolycaena
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862
Synonyms
  • Tatura Butler, 1888
Hypolycaena from William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera

Hypolycaena is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Hypolycaena species are found in the Australasian, Indomalayan and Afrotropical realms.