Telipna acraea

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

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

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 Congo)

References

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