''Lipaphnaeus leonina'', the orange silver speckle, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
,
Sierra Leone,
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
,
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
Ghana,
Togo,
Benin,
Nigeria,
Cameroon, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Uganda,
Tanzania and
Zambia.
The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
*''L. l. leonina'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia)
*''L. l. bitje''
(Druce, 1910) (eastern Nigeria, southern Cameroon, Congo, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Uele, Sankuru and Lualaba)
*''L. l. ivoirensis''
Stempffer, 1966 (eastern Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Togo, western Nigeria)
*''L. l. paradoxa''
(Schultze, 1908) (north-western Cameroon, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
References
Butterflies described in 1890
Aphnaeinae
Butterflies of Africa
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