''Liptenara'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. The three species of this genus are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

Species

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Liptenara batesi ''Liptenara batesi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur, Tshuapa and Tshopo). References

Butterflies described in 1915 Poritiinae Taxa named by George Tho ...

'' Bethune-Baker, 1915 *''

Liptenara hiendlmayri ''Liptenara hiendlmayri'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Lulua and Sankuru) and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordere ...

'' (Dewitz, 1887) *''

Liptenara schoutedeni ''Liptenara schoutedeni'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), inform ...

'' (Hawker-Smith, 1926)

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61
Poritiinae Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by George Thomas Bethune-Baker {{Poritiinae-stub