Telipna acraea (Westwood (1851))

Telipna acraea Doubleday, Westwood and Hewitson
Pentila acraea Doubleday, Westwood and Hewitson, 1852 [1846-1852]; 504; pi. 77, fig. 6. Liptena acraea: Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1887 (I) [1887-1902]: 1; figs. 5, 6. Telipna acraea: Aurivillius. 1914 [1908-1925]: 301; pi. 61c.
= Liptena echo Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890 (X) [1887-1902]: 40; figs. 5, 6. Telipna bimacula echo: Aurivillius, 1914 [1908-1925]: 301; pi. 61d (New synonym).
The two sexes are clearly associated and there is little question of their being the same species. The male agrees perfectly with GroseSmith and Kirby's description and figures of echo, while the females match excellently the figure of acraea given by Doubleday, Westwood and Hewitson (upper surfaces only) and by Grose-Smith and Kirby ( 1 887, both surfaces) . Females have a peculiarity that I have seen in no other species of this genus, well shown in the cited figures and evident in all the specimens from Liberia: a small fuscous spot in M3-C111 of the forewing above lies in the middle of the transverse orange band and almost divides it into a costal part (small) and a posterior part (large).
The species appears to be confined to Upper Guinea.
Liberia, a new record: Ganta, 1 2 , VI; Wanau Forest, 1 8 , III, 1 5, VIII, 2 5,X (all Fox).

Telipna acraea, the common telipna, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.