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Baliochila singularis

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Baliochila singularis, the Lannin's buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Botswana and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of bushveld and Brachystegia woodland.

There are two distinct seasonal forms. The wet-season form (f. martyni) and the dry-season form. Adults have been recorded near a Heteropyxis natalensis tree, where they were imbibing the secretions of membracids that were feeding on the tree.

The larvae feed on algae (cyanobacteria) growing on trees.

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Baliochila singularis Wikipedia


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