Baliochila singularis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Baliochila
- Species
- Baliochila singularis
- Scientific Name
- Baliochila singularis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Baliochila singularis
Baliochila singularis, the Lannin's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Botswana and Zimbabwe. Its habitat consists of bushveld and Brachystegia woodland.
There are two distinct seasonal forms. The wet-season form (f. martyni) and the dry-season form. Adults have been recorded near a Heteropyxis natalensis tree, where they were imbibing the secretions of membracids that were feeding on the tree.
The larvae feed on algae (cyanobacteria) growing on trees.
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Sibling Taxa
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- Baliochila aslanga
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- Baliochila nguru
- Baliochila pringlei
- Baliochila pseudofragilis
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