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Hypomyrina nomion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypomyrina
Species:	H. nomion
Binomial name
Hypomyrina nomion (Staudinger, 1891)
Synonyms
Myrina nomion Staudinger, 1891 Deudorix acares Karsch, 1893

Hypomyrina nomion, the dark orange playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan and Uganda. The habitat consists of the transition zone between savanna and forest.

References

1. Hypomyrina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-22.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 h

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