Hypolycaena coerulea

Hypolycaena coerulea, the shining fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Niger Delta, the eastern part of the country and the Cross River loop) and western Cameroon.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Hypolycaena coerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. coerulea
Binomial name
Hypolycaena coerulea Aurivillius, 1895[1]
Synonyms
Hypolycaena lebona var. coerulea Aurivillius, 1895 Hypolycaena lebona coerulea