Baliochila fusca

Baliochila fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Baliochila
Species: B. fusca
Binomial name
Baliochila fusca
Henning & Henning, 2004[1]

Baliochila fusca is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-eastern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

On the Rondo Plateau, this species forms a mimetic ring with Baliochila latimarginata rondoensis, Congdonia duplex and Eresinopsides bamptoni. Adults have been recorded on wing in February and March.

References

  1. Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina


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