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. sanguinea Plötz, 1880
  • Liptena anneckei Dewitz, 1886
  • Telipna sanguinea var. bistrigata Aurivillius, 1925
  • Telipna mariae Dufrane, 1945

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.[2] 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.

Subspecies

References

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


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