Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lachnocnema | |
Lachnocnema vuattouxi, the western woolly legs, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, from Cameroon to Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania. The habitat consists of open areas in Guinea savanna and open areas in the vicinity of forests, including degraded agricultural lands.
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