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Baliochila barnesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Baliochila
Species:	B. barnesi
Binomial name
Baliochila barnesi Stempffer & Bennett, 1953

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. The species was formally described as new to science in 1953 by Henri Stempffer and Neville Henry Bennett.

Adults have been recorded on wing in November, December, March and April.

The larvae feed on algae (cyanobacteria) growing on trees.

References

1. Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Liptenina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
3. 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 .
4. Williams, Mark C. (2006). "What do the larvae of Alaena amazoula (Boisduval, 1847) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) feed on?" (PDF). Metamorphosis. 17 (4): 142.

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