Telipna sanguinea

Telipna sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Telipna
Species:	T. sanguinea
Binomial name
*Telipna sanguinea* (Plötz, 1880)^[1]
Synonyms
Pentila acraea var. sanguinea Plötz, 1880 Liptena anneckei Dewitz, 1886 Telipna sanguinea var. bistrigata Aurivillius, 1925 Telipna mariae Dufrane, 1945

Telipna sanguinea, the Sanguine Telipna, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are similar to day-flying moths of the Aletis genus. They are on wing during the rainy season.

The larvae feed on lichens growing on the bark of tree trunks.

Subspecies

Telipna sanguinea sanguinea (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, northern Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Telipna sanguinea depuncta Talbot, 1937 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

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