Lachnocnema luna
| Druce’s Large Woolly Legs | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lachnocnema |
| Species: | L. luna |
| Binomial name | |
| Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910[1] | |
The Druce’s Large Woolly Legs (Lachnocnema luna) is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Larvae have been recorded on Cassia alata. They fed on the secretions of immature ant-attended membracids and on membracids and jassids.
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