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Lachnocnema luna (Druce’s Large Woolly Legs)

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The Druce’s Large Woolly Legs (Lachnocnema luna) is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Larvae have been recorded on Cassia alata. They fed on the secretions of immature ant-attended membracids and on membracids and jassids.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0