Lachnocnema emperamus, the common woolly legs or western woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and western and central Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and degraded forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lachnocnema |
| Species: | L. emperamus
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The larvae feed on Psyllidae species.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Lachnocnema emperamus.
- ^ Lachnocnema emperamus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Lachnocnemina