Lachnocnema reutlingeri

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Lachnocnema reutlingeri
Lachnocnema reutlingeri figures 5, 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species: L. reutlingeri
Binomial name
Lachnocnema reutlingeri
Holland, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Arrugia umbra Grose-Smith, 1901
  • Lachnocnema makakensis Birket-Smith, 1960
  • Lachnocnema camerunica d'Abrera, 1980

Lachnocnema reutlingeri, Reutlinger’s Large Woolly Legs, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda.[2]

Subspecies

  • Lachnocnema reutlingeri reutlingeri (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, western Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Lachnocnema reutlingeri perspicua Libert, 1996 (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)

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