Biology:Baliochila singularis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Baliochila singularis | |
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| Various close-ups of the original type specimens used to classify the martyni form of B. singularis. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Baliochila |
| Species: | B. singularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Baliochila singularis Stempffer and Bennett, 1953[1]
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Baliochila singularis, the Lannin's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Botswana and Zimbabwe.[2] Its habitat consists of bushveld and Brachystegia woodland.
There are two distinct seasonal forms. The wet-season form (f. martyni) and the dry-season form. Adults have been recorded near a Heteropyxis natalensis tree, where they were imbibing the secretions of membracids that were feeding on the tree.
The larvae feed on algae (cyanobacteria) growing on trees.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baliochila singularis. |
- ↑ Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Williams, Mark C.. "Subtribe Liptenina" (DOC). http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_liptenina.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q4850989 entry
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