Lachnocnema luna

Description

Lachnocnema luna, the Druce's large woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Larvae have been recorded on Cassia alata. They fed on the secretions of immature ant-attended membracids and on membracids and jassids.