Telipna acraea

Telipna acraea, the common telipna, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Telipna acraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Telipna
Species:
T. acraea
Binomial name
Telipna acraea
(Westwood, [1851])[1]
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

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 the Congo)

References
  1. Telipna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina


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