Lachnocnema emperamus

Common Woolly Legs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species: L. emperamus
Binomial name
Lachnocnema emperamus
(Snellen, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena emperamus Snellen, 1872
  • Lachnocnema brimo Karsch, 1893
  • Lachnocnema sudanica Aurivillius, 1905
  • Lachnocnema obliquisigna Hulstaert, 1924
  • Lachnocnema rectifascia Hulstaert, 1924

The Common Woolly Legs or Western Woolly Legs (Lachnocnema emperamus) is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and western and central Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and degraded forests.

The larvae feed on Psyllidae species.

References

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  1. ↑ Lachnocnema emperamus at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina


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