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unusual facts about Hypochrysops


Hypochrysops

Myrmecodia species have certain superficial resemblances to "mistletoes", but are epiphytic, not markedly parasitic, and are not in any parasitic plant family; they are in fact in the coffee family, Rubiaceae.


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Myrmecodia beccarii

Hypochrysops is a genus of "Blues", butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, which is notorious for its myrmecophily.


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