Liptena praestans is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Liptena |
| Species: | L. praestans
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| Liptena praestans (Grose-Smith, 1901)[1]
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Subspecies edit
- Liptena praestans praestans (Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast)
- Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923 (southern Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa, Equateur, Tshuapa, Haut-Uele, Kivu, Sankuru and Lualaba)
References edit
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- ^ Liptena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina