Telipna semirufa

Telipna semirufa, the western telipna, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo.[2]

Telipna semirufa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Telipna
Species:
T. semirufa
Binomial name
Telipna semirufa
Synonyms
  • Liptena semirufa Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
  • Telipna maesseni Stempffer, 1970

Subspecies
  • Telipna semirufa semirufa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)
  • Telipna semirufa ivoiriensis Libert, 2005 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast)

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


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