Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Liptena | |
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Similar Pentila pauli, Liptena, Pentila | ||
Liptena simplicia, the simple liptena, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and western Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding from extrafloral nectaries of Marantaceae species.
References
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