''Baliochila singularis'', the Lannin's buff, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Botswana and
Zimbabwe.
Its 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
''Heteropyxis'' is a genus which includes three species of small evergreen trees. It was previously placed along in family Heteropyxidaceae, but is now placed basally within Myrtaceae. The species of ''Heteropyxis'' are native to southern Africa ...
'' tree, where they were imbibing the secretions of
membracids that were feeding on the tree.
The larvae feed on
algae
Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...
(
cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria (), also known as Cyanophyta, are a phylum of gram-negative bacteria that obtain energy via photosynthesis. The name ''cyanobacteria'' refers to their color (), which similarly forms the basis of cyanobacteria's common name, blu ...
) growing on trees.
References
Butterflies described in 1953
Poritiinae
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Henri Stempffer
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