Biology:Lachnocnema luna

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Druce's large woolly legs
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species:
L. luna
Binomial name
Lachnocnema luna
H. H. Druce, 1910[1]

Lachnocnema luna, or Druce's large woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Larvae have been recorded on Cassia alata. They fed on the secretions of immature ant-attended membracids and jassids.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6468539 entry