Liptena praestans
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| Liptena praestans | |
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| Liptena praestans figures 15, 16 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Liptena |
| Species: | L. praestans |
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| Liptena praestans (Grose-Smith, 1901)[1] | |
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Liptena praestans is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.[2]
Subspecies
- Liptena praestans praestans (Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast)
- Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923 (southern Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Kinshasa, Equateur, Tshuapa, Haut-Uele, Kivu, Sankuru and Lualaba)
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