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.