Liptena praestans

Liptena praestans
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Liptena
Species:	L. praestans
Binomial name
Liptena praestans (Grose-Smith, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
Pentila praestans Grose-Smith, 1901 Liptena praestans var. congoensis Schultze, 1923 Liptena hulstaerti Hawker-Smith, 1926 Liptena praestans f. kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945

Liptena praestans is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.[2]

Subspecies

• Liptena praestans praestans (Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast)
• Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923 (southern Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa, Equateur, Tshuapa, Haut-Uele, Kivu, Sankuru and Lualaba)

References

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