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Morant's Blue
Lepidochrysops hypopolia
Lepidochrysops hypopolia, the Morant's blue (Afrikaans: Morant-bloutjie), was a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was endemic to South Africa. The species is only known from two complete male specimens, and one partial male specimen (a leg). The species is named after Walter Morant, who caught the two complete male specimens.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 104208.