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Liptena
Liptena is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Liptena is endemic to the Afrotropics.
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Liptena in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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.