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] |
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| Synonyms |
- Liptena acraea Westwood, 1851
- Telipna bimacula Plötz, 1880
- Liptena echo Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890
- Liptena acraea conjuncta Jackson, 1969
- Liptena fervida Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890
- Telipna acraea bimacula f. fem. nigrita Talbot, 1935
- Telipna acraea zairiensis Berger, 1981
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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 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 Congo)
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