Telipna acraea

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.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Telipna acraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Telipna
Species:	T. acraea
Binomial name
Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])[1]
Synonyms
Liptena acraea Westwood, 1851 Telipna bimacula Plötz, 1880 Liptena echo Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890 Liptena acraea conjuncta Jackson, 1969 Liptena fervida Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890 Telipna acraea bimacula f. fem. nigrita Talbot, 1935 Telipna acraea zairiensis Berger, 1981

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)