Telipna acraea

Updated on Dec 30, 2024

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

Similar Megalopalpus zymna, Tuxentius carana, Appias phaola, Pentila pauli, Mylothris rhodope

Telipna acraea, the common telipna, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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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