Liptena praestans

Liptena praestans
Liptena praestans figures 15, 16
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Liptena
Species:	L. praestans
Binomial name
Liptena praestans (Grose-Smith, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
Pentila praestans Grose-Smith, 1901 Liptena praestans var. congoensis Schultze, 1923 Liptena hulstaerti Hawker-Smith, 1926 Liptena praestans f. kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945

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)

References

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