Cnodontes pallida

Cnodontes pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cnodontes
Species: C. pallida
Binomial name
Cnodontes pallida
(Trimen, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Durbania pallida Trimen, 1898

Cnodontes pallida, the pale buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Zambia (the Zambezi and Luangwa valleys), Botswana, northern Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland and possibly South Africa (Limpopo).[2] The habitat consists of open savanna.

Adults are on wing from July to September and in December, March and April.

References

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


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