Liptena modesta
| Liptena modesta | |
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| Liptena modesta depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Liptena |
| Species: | L. modesta |
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| Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890)[1] | |
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Liptena modesta, the Modest False Dots, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mayumbe, Uele, North Kivu, Tshuapa and Sankuru), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dark forests and dense secondary growth.
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