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Lachnocnema exiguus

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White woolly legs
Figures 8 and 9
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species:
L. exiguus
Binomial name
Lachnocnema exiguus

Lachnocnema exiguus, the white woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and north-western Tanzania.[2]

References

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