Chocolate pipistrelle

{{Short description|Species of bat}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Srinivasulu, B. |author2=Srinivasulu, C. |date=2019 |title=Hypsugo affinis |volume=2019 |page=e.T17324A22131594 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T17324A22131594.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Hypsugo

| species = affinis

| authority = (Dobson, 1871)

| synonyms = Pipistrellus affinis (Dobson, 1871)

Falsistrellus affinis

| range_map = Range Hypsugo affinis.png

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The chocolate pipistrelle (Hypsugo affinis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Formerly classified in the genus Falsistrellus, phylogenetic evidence supports it belonging to the genus Hypsugo.{{Cite journal|date=2018-11-01|title=Integrative taxonomy places Asian species of Falsistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) into Hypsugo|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S161650471830199X|journal=Mammalian Biology|language=en|volume=93|pages=56–63|doi=10.1016/j.mambio.2018.08.004|issn=1616-5047|last1=Görföl |first1=Tamás |last2=Csorba |first2=Gábor |bibcode=2018MamBi..93...56G |s2cid=92446114 }}{{Citation|last=Mammal Diversity Database|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5175993 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|access-date=2021-09-19}}