Baliochila barnesi
| Baliochila barnesi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Baliochila |
| Species: | B. barnesi |
| 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]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Baliochila barnesi.
- ↑ Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Liptenina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ↑ 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].
- ↑ Williams, Mark C. (2006). "What do the larvae of Alaena amazoula (Boisduval, 1847) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) feed on?" (PDF). Metamorphosis. 17 (4): 142.