Lachnocnema vuattouxi: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Lachnocnema
Species
Lachnocnema vuattouxi
Scientific Name
Lachnocnema vuattouxi

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Lachnocnema vuattouxi

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.

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Lachnocnema vuattouxi in languages:

English
Western Savanna Woollylegs

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Lachnocnema vuattouxi
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Lachnocnema vuattouxi
©Thomas Desloges, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)