''Baliochila congdoni'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. It is found in north-eastern

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. Its habitat consists of submontane forests. The length of the forewings is about 13.1 mm. The upperside ground colour is pale yellow. The outer border and costa of the forewings are widely blackish brown, while the lower discal area and hind margin are pale yellow. The hindwings are pale yellow from the base to the wide outer blackish-brown border.

References

Butterflies described in 1990 Poritiinae Endemic fauna of Tanzania Butterflies of Africa {{Poritiinae-stub