Liptena

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Liptena
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Liptena sauberi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Liptenini
Genus: Liptena
Westwood, 1851 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Parapontia Röber, 1892
  • Leucolepis Karsch, 1893

Liptena is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Liptena is endemic to the Afrotropics.

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Liptena at funet.fi
  2. ↑ "Liptena". nhm.ac.uk. The Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 9 July 2022.


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