Lachnocnema bibulus
"Common woolly legs" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Lachnocnema emperamus.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lachnocnema |
| Species: | L. bibulus |
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| Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius, 1793)[1] | |
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Lachnocnema bibulus, the common woolly legs, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. In South Africa it is found from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, 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.
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- ↑ Lachnocnema bibulus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Woodhall, S. (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers.
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