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Liptena
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Liptena

Liptena is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Liptena is endemic to the Afrotropics.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yellow Liptena

speciesLiptena xanthostola

Liptena simplicia

speciesLiptena simplicia

Liptena homeyeri

speciesLiptena homeyeri

Liptena undularis

speciesLiptena undularis

Liptena fatima

speciesLiptena fatima

Liptena submacula

speciesLiptena submacula

Liptena praestans

speciesLiptena praestans

Liptena albicans

speciesLiptena albicans

Liptena septistrigata

speciesLiptena septistrigata

Liptena undina

speciesLiptena undina

Liptena immaculata

speciesLiptena immaculata

Liptena kamitugensis

speciesLiptena kamitugensis

Liptena turbata

speciesLiptena turbata

Liptena opaca

speciesLiptena opaca

Liptena similis

speciesLiptena similis

Liptena congoana

speciesLiptena congoana

Liptena alluaudi

speciesLiptena alluaudi

Liptena flavicans

speciesLiptena flavicans

Liptena ugandana

speciesLiptena ugandana

Liptena difficilis

speciesLiptena difficilis

Liptena congoensis

speciesLiptena congoensis

Liptena amabilis

speciesLiptena amabilis

Liptena griveaudi

speciesLiptena griveaudi

Liptena ouesso

speciesLiptena ouesso

Liptena confusa

speciesLiptena confusa

Liptena ochrea

speciesLiptena ochrea

Liptena evanescens

speciesLiptena evanescens

Liptena fallax

speciesLiptena fallax

Liptena batesana

speciesLiptena batesana

Liptena tiassale

speciesLiptena tiassale

Liptena ilaro

speciesLiptena ilaro

Liptena bassae

speciesLiptena bassae

Liptena xanthale

speciesLiptena xanthale

Liptena stebema

speciesLiptena stebema

Liptena peculiaris

speciesLiptena peculiaris

Liptena michellae

speciesLiptena michellae

Liptena intropectionem

speciesLiptena intropectionem

Liptena decipale

speciesLiptena decipale

Liptena albomacula

speciesLiptena albomacula

Liptena augusta

speciesLiptena augusta

Liptena bergeri

speciesLiptena bergeri

Liptena bia

speciesLiptena bia

Liptena boei

speciesLiptena boei

Liptena bolivari

speciesLiptena bolivari

Liptena decipiens

speciesLiptena decipiens

Liptena ducarmei

speciesLiptena ducarmei

Liptena durbania

speciesLiptena durbania

Liptena decempunctata

speciesLiptena decempunctata

Liptena occidentalis

speciesLiptena occidentalis

Liptena eketi

speciesLiptena eketi

Liptena seyboui

speciesLiptena seyboui

Liptena eukrinaria

speciesLiptena eukrinaria

Liptena eukrines

speciesLiptena eukrines

Liptena eukrinoides

speciesLiptena eukrinoides

Liptena xanthis

speciesLiptena xanthis

Liptena ferrymani

speciesLiptena ferrymani

Liptena fontainei

speciesLiptena fontainei

Liptena hapale

speciesLiptena hapale

Liptena inframacula

speciesLiptena inframacula

Liptena kiellandi

speciesLiptena kiellandi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149091.