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Baliochila fusca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Baliochila

Baliochila fusca is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Tanzania. The habitat consists of montane forests.

On the Rondo Plateau, this species forms a mimetic ring with Baliochila latimarginata rondoensis, Congdonia duplex and Eresinopsides bamptoni. Adults have been recorded on wing in February and March.

References

Baliochila fusca Wikipedia