Biology:Baliochila barnesi
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Baliochila barnesi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Baliochila |
| Species: | B. barnesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Baliochila barnesi Stempffer & Bennett, 1953[1]
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Baliochila barnesi, the Barnes's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The species was formally described as new to science in 1953 by Henri Stempffer and Neville Henry Bennett.[3]
Adults have been recorded on wing in November, December, March and April.
The larvae feed on algae (cyanobacteria) growing on trees.[4]
References
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- ↑ Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Williams, Mark C.. "Subtribe Liptenina" (DOC). http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_liptenina.doc.
- ↑ Stempffer, H.; Bennett, N.H. (1953). "A revision of the genus Teriomima Kirkby (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 3: 77–104 [86]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2349253.
- ↑ Williams, Mark C. (2006). "What do the larvae of Alaena amazoula (Boisduval, 1847) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) feed on?". Metamorphosis 17 (4): 142. https://www.metamorphosis.org.za/articlesPDF/877/Metamorphosis%20Vol%2017(4)%20Complete%20small.pdf#page=22.
Wikidata ☰ Q4850968 entry
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