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Genus: Lachnocnema

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Miletinae > Tribe: Lachnocnemini

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Vári & Kroon (2002).

Lachnocnema bibulus (Common woolly legs)   

 

Lachnocnema brimoides

 

 

Lachnocnema durbani (D'urban's woolly legs)

 

Lachnocnema laches (Southern pied woolly legs)

 

Lachnocnema pseudobibulus

 

 

Lachnocnema regularis (Regular woolly legs)

 

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.