Lachnocnema reutlingeri

Lachnocnema reutlingeri, the Reutlinger's large woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Uganda.[2]

Reutlinger's large woolly legs
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Lachnocnema
Species:
L. reutlingeri
Binomial name
Lachnocnema reutlingeri
Synonyms
  • Arrugia umbra Grose-Smith, 1901
  • Lachnocnema makakensis Birket-Smith, 1960
  • Lachnocnema camerunica d'Abrera, 1980

Subspecies
  • Lachnocnema reutlingeri reutlingeri (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lachnocnema reutlingeri perspicua Libert, 1996 (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)

References
  1. Lachnocnema reutlingeri at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina


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