Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Telipna | |
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Similar Megalopalpus zymna, Cerautola crowleyi, Liphyrini, Pentila pauli, Colotis celimene | ||
Telipna sanguinea, the sanguine telipna, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are similar to day-flying moths of the Aletis genus. They are on wing during the rainy season.
The larvae feed on lichens growing on the bark of tree trunks.
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