Telipna sanguinea

Telipna sanguinea
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Telipna
Species:	T. sanguinea
Binomial name
Telipna sanguinea (Plötz, 1880) [1]
Synonyms
Pentila acraea var. sanguineaPlötz, 1880 Liptena anneckeiDewitz, 1886 Telipna sanguinea var. bistrigataAurivillius, 1925 Telipna mariaeDufrane, 1945

Telipna sanguinea is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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. ^[2] Their habitat consists of forests.^{[ citation needed ]}

Adults are similar to day-flying moths of the genus Aletis .^{[ citation needed ]} They are on wing during the rainy season.^{[ citation needed ]}

The larvae feed on lichens growing on the bark of tree trunks.^{[ citation needed ]}

Subspecies

• Telipna sanguinea sanguinea (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, northern Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Telipna sanguinea depunctaTalbot, 1937 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

References

1. Telipna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-25.