Lachnocnema

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Miletinae Rank Genus		Family Lycaenidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths

Lower classifications Lachnocnema durbani, Lachnocnema bibulus

Lachnocnema, commonly called woolly legs, is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Species

Listed alphabetically within species groups:

Lachnocnema bibulus group

Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793) – common woolly legs

Lachnocnema kiellandi Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema laches (Fabricius, 1793) – southern pied woolly legs

Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema riftensis Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema sosia Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema durbani group

Lachnocnema durbani Trimen, 1887 – D'Urban's woolly legs

Lachnocnema intermedia Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema tanzaniensis Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema abyssinica group

Lachnocnema abyssinica Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema angolanus Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema ducarmei Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema triangularis Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema jacksoni group

Lachnocnema jacksoni Stempffer, 1967

Lachnocnema emperamus group

Lachnocnema bamptoni Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema brimoides Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915 – divergent woolly legs

Lachnocnema dohertyi Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872) – common woolly legs or western woolly legs

Lachnocnema katangae Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema obscura Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema overlaeti Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema regularis (Libert, 1996) – regular woolly legs

Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996 – western woolly legs

Lachnocnema reutlingeri group

Lachnocnema albimacula Libert, 1996 - Libert's large woolly legs

Lachnocnema brunea Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema jolyana Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910 – Druce's large woolly legs

Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895 – large woolly legs

Lachnocnema nigrocellularis Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892 – Reutlinger's large woolly legs

Lachnocnema exiguus group

Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890 – white woolly legs

Species group unknown

Lachnocnema congoensis Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema disrupta Talbot, 1935 – toothed white woolly legs

Lachnocnema inexpectata Libert, 1996

Lachnocnema unicolor Libert, 1996

References

Lachnocnema Wikipedia

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