Lachnocnema regularis
Species of butterfly
Regular woolly legs | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Lachnocnema |
Species: | L. regularis |
Binomial name | |
Lachnocnema regularis Libert, 1996[1] |
Lachnocnema regularis, the regular woolly legs, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The nominate subspecies is only known from a single record in the Limpopo Province. Subspecies grisea is also found in Africa, including Tanzania.
The wingspan is 28–36 mm for males and 34–38 mm for females.[2]
Subspecies
- Lachnocnema regularis regularis (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, South Africa: Limpopo Province)
- Lachnocnema regularis grisea Libert, 1996 (western and southern Tanzania)
References
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