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Liptena praestans

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Liptena

Liptena praestans

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)

    • References

    Liptena praestans Wikipedia
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