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Baliochila barnesi

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Baliochila barnesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Baliochila
Species:
B. barnesi
Binomial name
Baliochila barnesi
Stempffer & Bennett, 1953[1]

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]

References

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  1. ^ Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Liptenina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Stempffer, H.; Bennett, N.H. (1953). "A revision of the genus Teriomima Kirkby (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology). 3: 77–104 [86].
  4. ^ Williams, Mark C. (2006). "What do the larvae of Alaena amazoula (Boisduval, 1847) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) feed on?" (PDF). Metamorphosis. 17 (4): 142.