''Telipna'' is a genus of butterflies in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), 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 species of this genus are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...
to the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
.
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 Abbasid Caliphate, is captured by 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