Telipna acraea explained

Telipna acraea, the common telipna, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Telipna acraea acraea (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
• Telipna acraea fervida (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) (Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Telipna acraea nigrita Talbot, 1935 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Family Lycaenidae:Leach, 1815 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095926/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_pentilina.doc . 2014-02-02 . dead.