TL: [Sierra Leone]
22-28 mm
23-31 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishCommona Hairstreak EnglishPurple-brown Hairstreak
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cucurbitaceae Coccinia grandis Ivy gourd Lamiaceae Clerodendrum glabrum Loranthaceae Loranthus Lythraceae Punica granatum Pomegranate Olacaceae Ximenia Rubiaceae Ixora Rubiaceae Vangueria Sapindaceae Allophylus Sapindaceae Deinbollia Sapindaceae Deinbollia oblongifolia Dune soap-berry Teucrioideae Clerodendrum Glorybower
- Subspecies
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Species Author Hypolycaena (H.) philippus philippus (Fabricius, 1793) Hypolycaena (H.) philippus ramonza (Saalmüller, 1878)
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database 
Lepiforum e. V.
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