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Liptena flavicans

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Liptena

Liptena flavicans

Similar
  
Pentila pauli, Liptena, Lachnocnema, Ornipholidotos, Pentila

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 the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of drier forests and open areas in wetter forests.

Subspecies

  • L. f. flavicans (south-western Cameroon)
  • L. f. aequatorialis Stempffer, 1956 (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Tshuapa and Sankuru)
  • L. f. katera Stempffer, 1956 (Uganda: western shores of Lake Victoria, north-western Tanzania)
  • L. f. oniens Talbot, 1935 (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
  • L. f. praeusta Schultze, 1917 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele)

    • References

    Liptena flavicans Wikipedia
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