Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius 1895

Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius
Hypolycaena lebona Hewitson: of authors, in part.
Hypolycaena dubia Aurivillius, 1895b: 211; 1922 [1908-1925]: 383; pi. 68b.
This species ranges from Sierra Leone eastward to the eastern Congo and south to Gabon and Katanga, as far as shown by available material (which includes specimens borrowed from the Tervuren Museum). Only males are listed below, since females cannot be distinguished from those of lebona. See discussion and list of undifferentiated females under lebona, next below.
Liberia: no further data, 4 S (Good); Harbel, 1 S , II, 2 S , IV, 1 $ , V, 1 $ , VI, 1 3,X,1 $ , XI; Ganta, 3 $ , II, 2 S , V, 1 $ , VI, 5 6 , VII, 1 $ , VIII; Wanau Forest, 2 $ , II, 2 $ , III; Zorzor, 9 $ , XI, 1 <J,XII (all Fox).

Hypolycaena dubia, the dubious fairy hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (the southern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the southern part of the country to Shaba and the north-east) and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.