Telipna acraea

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| authority = (Westwood, [1851])[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/telipna/index.html Telipna] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

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  • 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

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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.{{cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_pentilina.doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095926/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_pentilina.doc |archive-date=2014-02-02 |title=Family Lycaenidae:Leach, 1815 |url-status=dead}} 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 the Congo)

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Category:Butterflies described in 1851

Category:Poritiinae

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