Baliochila hildegarda

Baliochila hildegarda
Figures 1 and 2
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Baliochila
Species: B. hildegarda
Binomial name
Baliochila hildegarda
(Kirby, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teriomima hildegarda Kirby, 1887
  • Teriomima freya Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1894

Baliochila hildegarda, the Hildegard's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).[2] The habitat consists of woodland and forest margins at attitudes ranging from sea level to 1,600 metres.

References

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


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