Lachnocnema magna

Species of butterfly

Large woolly legs
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species:
L. magna
Binomial name
Lachnocnema magna
Aurivillius, 1895[1]
Synonyms
  • Lachnocnema busoga Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Lachnocnema niveus Druce, 1910

Lachnocnema magna, the large woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lachnocnema magna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina
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  • Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 f
Taxon identifiers
Lachnocnema magna


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