Cnodontes pallida

Cnodontes pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cnodontes
Species: C. pallida
Binomial name
Cnodontes pallida
(Trimen, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Durbania pallida Trimen, 1898

Cnodontes pallida, the Pale Buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Zimbabwe, Zambia (the Zambezi and Luangwa Valleys), Botswana, northern Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland and possibly South Africa (the Limpopo Province).[2] The habitat consists of open savanna.

Adults are on wing from July to September and in December, March and April.

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