Baliochila barnesi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Baliochila |
Species: | B. barnesi
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Binomial name | |
Baliochila barnesi |
Baliochila barnesi, the Barnes's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The species was formally described as new to science in 1953 by Henri Stempffer and Neville Henry Bennett. [3]
Adults have been recorded on wing in November, December, March and April.
The larvae feed on algae ( cyanobacteria) growing on trees. [4]
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Baliochila barnesi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Baliochila |
Species: | B. barnesi
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Binomial name | |
Baliochila barnesi |
Baliochila barnesi, the Barnes's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The species was formally described as new to science in 1953 by Henri Stempffer and Neville Henry Bennett. [3]
Adults have been recorded on wing in November, December, March and April.
The larvae feed on algae ( cyanobacteria) growing on trees. [4]
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