Telipna

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Telipna
Species: (38), following: Stempffer, 1967 and Williams, 2008.
T. acraea – T. acraeoides – T. albofasciata – T. atrinervis – T. aurivillii – T. cameroonensis – T. centralis – T. citrimaculata – T. consanguinea – T. cuypersi – T. ducarmei – T. erica – T. hollandi – T. ja – T. kamitugensis – T. kaputui – T. kayonza – T. kigoma – T. nyanza – T. plagiata – T. rothi – T. rufilla – T. ruspinoides – T. sanguinea – T. semirufa – T. sheffieldi – T. sulpitia – T. transverstigna – T. villiersi
Name

Telipna Aurivillius, 1895: 198.

Type Species: Liptena acraea Westwood, 1851. ICZN Opinion 655.

Type Images: [1]
References

Aurivillius, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter. 3. Entomologisk tidskrift 16: 195–220. BHL Reference page.
Jackson, T.H.E., 1969. A revision of the genus Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 23: 1–23, 5 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
Libert, M., 2005. Révision du genre Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-89. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.

Links

Type images: RMCA.
Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Telipna Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Telipna is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Telipna acraea (Westwood, [1851])
Telipna acraeoides (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
Telipna albofasciata Aurivillius, 1910
Telipna atrinervis Hulstaert, 1924
Telipna aurivillii Rebel, 1914
Telipna cameroonensis Jackson, 1969
Telipna centralis Libert, 2005
Telipna citrimaculata Schultze, 1916
Telipna consanguinea Rebel, 1914
Telipna cuypersi Libert, 2005
Telipna ducarmei Libert, 2005
Telipna erica Suffert, 1904
Telipna hollandi Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Telipna ja Bethune-Baker, 1926
Telipna kaputui Libert, 2005
Telipna kayonza Jackson, 1969
Telipna kigoma Kielland, 1978
Telipna nyanza Neave, 1904
Telipna plagiata Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Telipna rothi (Grose-Smith, 1898)
Telipna rufilla (Grose-Smith, 1901)
Telipna ruspinoides Schultze, 1923
Telipna sanguinea (Plötz, 1880)
Telipna semirufa (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
Telipna sheffieldi Bethune-Baker, 1926
Telipna sulpitia Hulstaert, 1924
Telipna transverstigma Druce, 1910
Telipna villiersi Stempffer, 1965

References

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