Lachnocnema emperamus
"Western woolly legs" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Lachnocnema vuattouxi.
Common woolly legs | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Lachnocnema |
Species: | L. emperamus |
Binomial name | |
Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Lachnocnema emperamus, the common woolly legs or western woolly legs, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and western and central Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and degraded forests.
The larvae feed on Psyllidae species.
References
Wikispecies has information related to: Lachnocnema emperamus |
- ↑ Lachnocnema emperamus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina
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