Baliochila singularis

Lannin's buff
	Various close-ups of the original type specimens used to classify the martyni form of B. 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
Synonyms
	Baliochila singularis f. martyni Bennett, 1969;

Baliochila singularis, the Lannin's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Botswana and Zimbabwe.^[2] 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 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

^ Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Liptenina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

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[1] Baliochila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

[ATBUT-2] Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Liptenina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

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