Lachnocnema magna

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The large woolly legs (Lachnocnema magna) is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Aurivillius in 1895. Its synonyms are Lachnocnema busoga (Bethune-Baker, 1906) and Lachnocnema niveus (Druce, 1910). It belongs to the genus Lachnocnema and is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.

Classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Lycaenidae
- Genus: Lachnocnema
- Species: magna
- Binomial name: Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895