Telipna acraea
Telipna acraea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Telipna |
Species: | T. acraea |
Binomial name | |
Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Telipna acraea, the common telipna, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Telipna acraea acraea (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Telipna acraea fervida (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Telipna acraea nigrita Talbot, 1935 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
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- ↑ Telipna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina
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