''Telipna'' is a genus of butterflies 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 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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Telipna acraea''
(Westwood, 851
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Events
By place Asia
* Bagrat II Bagratuni, Armenian prince and leader of a rebellion against the Abbasi ...
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Telipna acraeoides''
(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
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Telipna albofasciata''
Aurivillius, 1910
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Telipna atrinervis''
Hulstaert, 1924
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Telipna aurivillii''
Rebel, 1914
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Telipna cameroonensis''
Jackson, 1969
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Telipna centralis''
Libert, 2005
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Telipna citrimaculata''
Schultze, 1916
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Telipna consanguinea''
Rebel, 1914
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Telipna cuypersi''
Libert, 2005
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Telipna ducarmei''
Libert, 2005
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Telipna erica''
Suffert, 1904
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Telipna hollandi''
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
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Telipna ja''
Bethune-Baker, 1926
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Telipna kaputui''
Libert, 2005
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Telipna kayonza''
Jackson, 1969
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Telipna kigoma''
Kielland, 1978
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Telipna nyanza''
Neave, 1904
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Telipna plagiata''
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
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Telipna rothi''
(Grose-Smith, 1898)
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Telipna rufilla''
(Grose-Smith, 1901)
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Telipna ruspinoides''
Schultze, 1923
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Telipna sanguinea''
(Plötz, 1880)
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Telipna semirufa''
(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)
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Telipna sheffieldi''
Bethune-Baker, 1926
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Telipna sulpitia''
Hulstaert, 1924
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Telipna transverstigma''
Druce, 1910
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Telipna villiersi''
Stempffer, 1965
References
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61
Poritiinae
Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
Lycaenidae genera
{{Poritiinae-stub