Lachnocnema luna
| Druce's large woolly legs | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lachnocnema |
| Species: | L. luna |
| Binomial name | |
| Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910[1] | |
Lachnocnema luna, the Druce's large woolly legs, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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 on membracids and jassids.
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- ↑ Lachnocnema luna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina
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