Baliochila fusca

Baliochila fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Baliochila
Species: B. fusca
Binomial name
Baliochila fusca
Henning & Henning, 2004[1]

Baliochila fusca is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

On the Rondo Plateau, this species forms a mimetic ring with Baliochila latimarginata rondoensis, Congdonia duplex and Eresinopsides bamptoni. Adults have been recorded on wing in February and March.

References

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  1. Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina


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