Liptena decipiens
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Liptena |
Species: | L. decipiens
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Binomial name | |
Liptena decipiens | |
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Liptena decipiens, the deceptive liptena, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Liptena decipiens decipiens (Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Liptena decipiens etoumbi Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974 (Congo, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Liptena decipiens leucostola (Holland, 1890) (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Equateur, Kinshasa and Sankuru)
References
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- ^ Liptena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina