Biology:Lachnocnema emperamus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Common woolly legs | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Lachnocnema |
Species: | L. emperamus
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Binomial name | |
Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)[1]
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Lachnocnema emperamus, the common woolly legs or western woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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
- ↑ Lachnocnema emperamus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina
Wikidata ☰ Q6468526 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachnocnema emperamus.
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