Lachnocnema

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Lachnocnema
D'Urban's Woolly Legs (L. durbani), Tanzania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Miletinae
Genus: Lachnocnema
Trimen, 1887
Species

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Lachnocnema, commonly called Woolly Legs, is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in subsaharan Africa.

Species

Listed alphabetically within species groups.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Lachnocnema funet.fi
  2. Lachnocnema, Encyclopedia of Life
  3. Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publisher, 2005.
  • Libert, M. (1996a) Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae africains. Revision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen, (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 96 (1):185-202.
  • Libert, M. (1996b) Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae africains: revision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen, deuxieme partie (1). (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 96 (2):367-386.
  • Libert, M. (1996c) Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae africains: revision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen, troisieme partie. (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 96 (3):479-500.
  • Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65
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