Lipaphnaeus aderna, the bramble false hairstreak or blue silver speckle, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense savanna.

Both sexes have been recorded on flowering shrubs in sunny glades.

Adults are probably on wing year-round, with peaks from August to October and again from March to May.