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Common Hairstreak

Hypolycaena philippus

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Hypolycaena philippus, the purple-brown hairstreak or common hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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