Cnodontes pallida

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Cnodontes pallida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cnodontes
Species:
C. pallida
Binomial name
Cnodontes pallida
(Trimen, 1898) [1]
Synonyms
  • Durbania pallidaTrimen, 1898

Cnodontes pallida, the pale buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Zambia (the Zambezi and Luangwa valleys), Botswana, northern Namibia, Mozambique, Eswatini and possibly South Africa (Limpopo). [2] Its habitat consists of open savanna.

Adults are on wing from July to September and in December, March and April.

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References

  1. Cnodontes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Liptenina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.