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Liptena praestans

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Liptena praestans
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Liptena
Species:
L. praestans
Binomial name
Liptena praestans
Synonyms
  • Pentila praestans Grose-Smith, 1901
  • Liptena praestans var. congoensis Schultze, 1923
  • Liptena hulstaerti Hawker-Smith, 1926
  • Liptena praestans f. kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945

Liptena praestans is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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.[2]

Subspecies

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  • 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

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Wikispecies has information related to Liptena praestans.
  1. ^ Liptena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina


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