Liptena orubrum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Liptena |
| Species: | L. orubrum
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Liptena orubrum, the large black liptena, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Liptena orubrum orubrum (southern and eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
- Liptena orubrum teroana Talbot, 1935 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Liptena orubrum tripunctata (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, North Kivu, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liptena o-rubrum.
Wikispecies has information related to Liptena orubrum.
- ^ Liptena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina