''Hypomyrina nomenia'', the orange playboy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Nigeria,
Cameroon, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
,
Angola, the
Central African Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Uganda,
Tanzania and
Zambia.
The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
*''Hypomyrina nomenia nomenia'' (Nigeria: west, south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu)
*''Hypomyrina nomenia extensa''
Libert, 2004 (Uganda, western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, north-western Zambia)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65''h''
Butterflies described in 1874
Fauna of Rivers State
Deudorigini
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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