Baliochila singularis

Baliochila singularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Baliochila
Species: B. singularis
Binomial name
Baliochila singularis
Stempffer and Bennett, 1953[1]
Synonyms
  • Baliochila singularis f. martyni Bennett, 1969

Baliochila singularis, the Lannin's buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Botswana and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of bushveld and Brachystegia woodland.

There are two distinct seasonal forms. The wet-season form (f. martyni) and the dry-season form. Adults have been recorded near a Heteropyxis natalensis tree, where they were imbibing the secretions of membracids that were feeding on the tree.

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

References

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


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