Lachnocnema bibulus
Species of butterfly
Common woolly legs | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Lachnocnema |
Species: | L. bibulus |
Binomial name | |
Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
|
Lachnocnema bibulus, the common woolly legs, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. In South Africa it is found from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the Limpopo Province, and the North West Province.
The wingspan is 21–27 mm for males and 21–30.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in spring and late summer.[2]
The larvae feed on Psyllidae plant lice species.
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lachnocnema bibulus.
Wikispecies has information related to Lachnocnema bibulus.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 g
- v
- t
- e