Liptena catalina
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| Species: | L. catalina
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Liptena catalina, the red-patch liptena, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae are possibly associated with ground-dwelling ants.
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- ^ Liptena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1887
- Liptena
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
- Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby
- Poritiinae stubs