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Reutlinger's large woolly legs
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lachnocnema
Species:	L. reutlingeri
Binomial name
Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892
Synonyms
Arrugia umbra Grose-Smith, 1901 Lachnocnema makakensis Birket-Smith, 1960 Lachnocnema camerunica d'Abrera, 1980

Lachnocnema reutlingeri, the Reutlinger's large woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Uganda.

Subspecies

• Lachnocnema reutlingeri reutlingeri (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Lachnocnema reutlingeri perspicua Libert, 1996 (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)

References

1. Lachnocnema reutlingeri at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 h

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