Baliochila
Encyclopedia
Baliochila is a genus of butterfly
, commonly called buffs, in the family Lycaenidae
. They are found primarily in Africa.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
, commonly called buffs, in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
. They are found primarily in Africa.
Species
- Baliochila abri Henning & Henning, 2004
- Baliochila amanica Stempffer & Bennet, 1953
- Baliochila aslaugaBaliochila aslaugaThe Common Buff is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, in the coastal and riverine forests of KwaZulu-Natal, inland along the Lebombo Mountains into Swaziland, Mpumalanga and north to Mozambique,...
(Trimen, 1873) - Baliochila barnesi Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Baliochila citrina Henning & Henning, 2004
- Baliochila collinsi Henning & Henning, 2004
- Baliochila confusa Henning & Henning, 2004
- Baliochila congdoni Kielland, 1990
- Baliochila dubiosa Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Baliochila fragilis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Baliochila fusca Henning & Henning, 2004
- Baliochila latimarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
- Baliochila lequeuxi Kielland, 1994
- Baliochila megadentata Henning & Henning, 2004
- Baliochila mwanihanae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
- Baliochila liparaBaliochila liparaThe Lipara Buff is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Malawi and from Zimbabwe to the coast of eastern Kenya. It has recently been discovered in the Manguzi and Temble areas of KwaZulu-Natal....
Stempffer & Bennett, 1953 - Baliochila minima (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
- Baliochila neavei Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Baliochila nguru Kielland, 1986
- Baliochila hildegarda (Kirby, 1887)
- Baliochila nyasae Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Baliochila petersi Stempffer & Bennett, 1956
- Baliochila pringlei Stempffer, 1967
- Baliochila pseudofragilis Kielland, 1976
- Baliochila singularis Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Baliochila stygia Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Baliochila warrengashi Collins & Larsen, 1996
- Baliochila woodi (Riley, 1943)