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. The habitat consists of forests.

Telipna acraea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Telipna
Species:	T. acraea
Binomial name
Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])
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)