Liptena praestans

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Liptena

Similar Cerautola crowleyi, Pentila pauli, Hypolycaena hatita, Mylothris rhodope, Eurema senegalensis

Liptena praestans is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.

Subspecies

Liptena praestans praestans (Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast)

Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923 (southern Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa, Equateur, Tshuapa, Haut-Uele, Kivu, Sankuru and Lualaba)

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Liptena praestans Wikipedia

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