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Woollylegs
Lachnocnema
Lachnocnema, commonly called woolly legs, is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema bibulus
Southern Pied Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema laches
D'Urban's Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema durbani
Divergent Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema divergens
Western Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema emperamus
Lachnocnema abyssinica
speciesLachnocnema abyssinica
Lachnocnema ducarmei
speciesLachnocnema ducarmei
Reutlinger’s Large Woollyleg Butterflies
speciesLachnocnema reutlingeri
Lachnocnema brunea
speciesLachnocnema brunea
Large Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema magna
Regular Woollyleg Butterflies
speciesLachnocnema regularis
Lachnocnema intermedia
speciesLachnocnema intermedia
Lachnocnema kiellandi
speciesLachnocnema kiellandi
Lachnocnema triangularis
speciesLachnocnema triangularis
Western Savanna Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema vuattouxi
Lachnocnema riftensis
speciesLachnocnema riftensis
Lachnocnema sosia
speciesLachnocnema sosia
Lachnocnema tanzaniensis
speciesLachnocnema tanzaniensis
Lachnocnema angolanus
speciesLachnocnema angolanus
Lachnocnema jacksoni
speciesLachnocnema jacksoni
Lachnocnema katangae
speciesLachnocnema katangae
Lachnocnema bamptoni
speciesLachnocnema bamptoni
Lachnocnema obscura
speciesLachnocnema obscura
Lachnocnema overlaeti
speciesLachnocnema overlaeti
Lachnocnema dohertyi
speciesLachnocnema dohertyi
Lachnocnema nigrocellularis
speciesLachnocnema nigrocellularis
Lachnocnema jolyana
speciesLachnocnema jolyana
Libert’s Large Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema albimacula
White Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema exiguus
Toothed White Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema disrupta
Lachnocnema inexpectata
speciesLachnocnema inexpectata
Lachnocnema unicolor
speciesLachnocnema unicolor
Lachnocnema congoensis
speciesLachnocnema congoensis
Lachnocnema brimoides
speciesLachnocnema brimoides
Lachnocnema pseudobibulus
speciesLachnocnema pseudobibulus
Lachnocnema camerunica
speciesLachnocnema camerunica
Druce’s Large Woollylegs
speciesLachnocnema luna
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149086.