Lachnocnema exiguus

White woolly legs
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species: L. exiguus
Binomial name
Lachnocnema exiguus
Holland, 1890[1]

Lachnocnema exiguus, the white woolly legs, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and north-western Tanzania.[2]

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