Liptena simplicia
| Liptena simplicia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Liptena |
| Species: | L. simplicia |
| Binomial name | |
| Liptena simplicia Möschler, 1887[1] | |
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Liptena simplicia, the Simple Liptena, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding from extrafloral nectaries of Marantaceae species.
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