Lachnocnema
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| D'Urban's Woolly Legs (L. durbani), Tanzania | |
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| Genus: | Lachnocnema Trimen, 1887
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Lachnocnema, commonly called woolly legs, is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in subsaharan Africa.
Species
Listed alphabetically within species groups.[1][2][3]
- 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
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- ^ Lachnocnema funet.fi
- ^ Lachnocnema, Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publisher, 2005.
- Libert, M. (1996a) Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae africains. Revision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen, (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 96 (1):185-202.
- Libert, M. (1996b) Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae africains: revision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen, deuxieme partie (1). (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 96 (2):367-386.
- Libert, M. (1996c) Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae africains: revision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen, troisieme partie. (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 96 (3):479-500.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65