Liptena amabilis
Appearance
Liptena amabilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Liptena |
Species: | L. amabilis
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Binomial name | |
Liptena amabilis |
Liptena amabilis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Liptena amabilis amabilis (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Liptena amabilis nyanzae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (Uganda: western shores of Lake Victoria, Tanzania: north-west to the shores of Lake Victoria)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Liptena amabilis.
- ^ Liptena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina