Telipna semirufa

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Telipna semirufa
Western telipna (Telipna semirufa) male underside Ankasa.jpg
Male in Ghana
Semirufa inSeitz1914.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Telipna
Species:
T. semirufa
Binomial name
Telipna semirufa
(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889) [1]
Synonyms
  • Liptena semirufaGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
  • Telipna maesseniStempffer, 1970

Telipna semirufa, the western telipna, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Telipna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina