Liptena flavicans
| Liptena flavicans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Liptena |
| Species: | L. flavicans |
| Binomial name | |
| Liptena flavicans (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891)[1] | |
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Liptena flavicans, the Large Ochreous Liptena, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests and open areas in wetter forests.
Subspecies
- Liptena flavicans flavicans (south-western Cameroon)
- Liptena flavicans aequatorialis Stempffer, 1956 (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of Congo: Equateur, Tshuapa and Sankuru)
- Liptena flavicans katera Stempffer, 1956 (Uganda: western shores of Lake Victoria, north-western Tanzania)
- Liptena flavicans oniens Talbot, 1935 (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Liptena flavicans praeusta Schultze, 1917 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele)
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