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Hypophytala hyettoides
at Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypophytala
Species:	H. hyettoides
Binomial name
Hypophytala hyettoides (Aurivillius, 1895)
Synonyms
Epitola hyettoides Aurivillius, 1895 Phytala hyettoides Phytala aequatorialis Jackson, 1964 Hypophytala aequatorialis

Hypophytala hyettoides, the common flash, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko). The habitat consists of forests.

References

1. Hypophytala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

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