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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.
Lachnocnema laches, the southern pied woolly legs, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in coastal forests from the East Cape, along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, inland to Swaziland, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province, and the North West Province along wooded hills and valleys. The habitat consists of savanna.
Lachnocnema regularis, the regular woolly legs, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The nominate subspecies is only known from a single record in the Limpopo Province. Subspecies grisea is also found in Africa, including Tanzania.
Lachnocnema pseudobibulus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Lachnocnema sosia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Tanzania.
Lachnocnema kiellandi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Lachnocnema intermedia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.
Lachnocnema abyssinica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda and possibly Chad.
Lachnocnema ducarmei is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lachnocnema triangularis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Lachnocnema emperamus, the common woolly legs or western woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and western and central Kenya. The habitat consists of savanna and degraded forests.
Lachnocnema katangae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the south-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lachnocnema brimoides is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Lachnocnema obscura is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lachnocnema divergens, the divergent woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. Its habitat consists of forests.
Lachnocnema vuattouxi, the western woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, from Cameroon to Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania. The habitat consists of open areas in Guinea savanna and open areas in the vicinity of forests, including degraded agricultural lands.
Lachnocnema dohertyi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya and in Tanzania.
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.
Lachnocnema exiguus, the white woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and north-western Tanzania.
Lachnocnema disrupta, the toothed white woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Zambia.
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- ↑ Lachnocnema angolanus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina