Liptena modesta

Liptena modesta, the modest false dots, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Uele, North Kivu, Tshuapa and Sankuru), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dark forests and dense secondary growth.

Liptena modesta
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Liptena
Species:
L. modesta
Binomial name
Liptena modesta
(Kirby, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teriomima modesta Kirby, 1890
  • Pseuderesia latruncularia Holland, 1890

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


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