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Lachnocnema
Sign in to saveLachnocnema, commonly called woolly legs, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Identification requires dissection to reveal subtle genital distinctions.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLycaenidae
模式種 毛足灰蝶Hesperia bibulusFabricius, 1793 物種 共39種，詳閱正文。 毛足灰蝶屬（Woolly leg，學名：Lachnocnema）是灰蝶科雲灰蝶亞科毛足灰蝶族裡的一個屬。小至中型蝴蝶，展翅25-45毫米。翅膀黃色或褐色，或有白點。物種分佈在非洲熱帶地區。 目录 1 習性 2 物種 3 腳註 4 參考 習性 幼蟲為肉食性，吃葉蟬總科（英语：Membracoidea）分類的葉蟬若蟲，又會與蟻亞科（英语：Formicinae）之螞蟻共生[1]。 物種 Lachnocnema abyssinica Lachnocnema albimacula Lachnocnema angolanus Lachnocnema bamptoni 毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema bibulus Lachnocnema brimoides Lachnocnema brunea 布毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema busoga 喀麥隆毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema camerunica Lachnocnema congoensis Lachnocnema disrupta 叉毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema divergens Lachnocnema dohertyi Lachnocnema ducarmei 杜毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema durbani Lachnocnema emperamus 小毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema exiguus Lachnocnema inexpectata Lachnocnema intermedia Lachnocnema jacksoni Lachnocnema jolyana Lachnocnema katangae Lachnocnema kiellandi Lachnocnema laches Lachnocnema luna 灰毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema magna 馬卡毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema makakensis Lachnocnema nigrocellularis Lachnocnema obscura Lachnocnema overlaeti Lachnocnema pseudobibulus Lachnocnema regularis 盧毛足灰蝶 Lachnocnema reutlingeri Lachnocnema riftensis Lachnocnema sosia Lachnocnema tanzaniensis Lachnocnema trianglaris Lachnocnema unicolor Lachnocnema vuattouxi 腳註 ^ 1.0 1.1 Kaliszewska, Z. A., Lohman, D. J., Sommer
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- Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Liberia, Rwanda, Kenya, Congo, Mozambique
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Lachnocnema, commonly called woolly legs, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Identification requires dissection to reveal subtle genital distinctions.
==Species== Listed alphabetically within species groups: 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
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