Lachnocnema reutlingeri

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Reutlinger's large woolly legs
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L. reutlingeri
Binomial name
Lachnocnema reutlingeri
Synonyms
  • Arrugia umbra Grose-Smith, 1901
  • Lachnocnema makakensis Birket-Smith, 1960
  • Lachnocnema camerunica d'Abrera, 1980

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.[2]

Subspecies[]

  • Lachnocnema reutlingeri reutlingeri (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lachnocnema reutlingeri perspicua Libert, 1996 (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)

References[]

  1. ^ Lachnocnema reutlingeri at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina

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