Anthene

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Polyommatinae Scientific name Anthene Higher classification Lycaenesthini Order Butterflies and moths		Family Lycaenidae Tribe Lycaenesthini Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus

Lower classifications Anthene emolus, Anthene lycaenina, Anthene amarah, Anthene definita, Anthene liodes

Anthene is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae, commonly called the ciliate blues or hairtails.

Subgenera and species

Listed alphabetically within subgenera:

Anthene Butterflies of Africa Anthene larydas

Subgenus Anthene Doubleday, 1847 (Afrotropic ecozone)

Anthene abruptus (Gaede, 1915)

Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1847) – black-striped hairtail

Anthene arnoldi (Jones, 1917)

Anthene arora Larsen, 1983

Anthene atewa Larsen & Collins, 1998

Anthene aurobrunnea (Ungemach, 1932)

Anthene bakeri (Druce, 1910)

Anthene barnesi Stevenson, 1940

Anthene bipuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991

Anthene buchholzi (Plötz, 1880)

Anthene butleri (Oberthür, 1880) – pale hairtail

Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene collinsi D'Abrera, 1980

Anthene contrastata Ungemach, 1932 – mashuna hairtail

Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)

Anthene definita (Butler, 1899) – common hairtail

Anthene discimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

Anthene emkopoti Larsen & Collins, 1998

Anthene erythropoecilus (Holland, 1893)

Anthene flavomaculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)

Anthene helpsi Larsen, 1994

Anthene hobleyi (Neave, 1904)

Anthene hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)

Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)

Anthene ituria (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949

Anthene juanitae Henning & Henning, 1993 – Juanita's hairtail

Anthene juba (Fabricius, 1787)

Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene katera Talbot, 1937

Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871) – Kersten's hairtail

Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene lachares (Hewitson, [1878])

Anthene larydas (Cramer, [1780])

Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)

Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878) – large hairtail

Anthene leptala (Courvoisier, 1914)

Anthene leptines (Hewitson, 1874)

Anthene levis (Hewitson, 1878)

Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)

Anthene lindae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Linda's hairtail

Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874) – liodes hairtail

Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898)

Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)

Anthene lychnaptes (Holland, 1891)

Anthene lychnides (Hewitson, 1878)

Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)

Anthene madibirensis (Wichgraf, 1921)

Anthene mahota (Grose-Smith, 1887)

Anthene makala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene melambrotus (Holland, 1893)

Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893) – Millar's hairtail

Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893) – little hairtail

Anthene montana Kielland, 1990

Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990

Anthene ngoko Stempffer, 1962

Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene onias (Hulstaert, 1924)

Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946

Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868) – Otacilia hairtail or Trimen's ciliate blue

Anthene pitmani Stempffer, 1936

Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876) – cupreous hairtail

Anthene pyroptera (Aurivillius, 1895)

Anthene radiata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene ramnika D'Abrera, 1980

Anthene rhodesiana Stempffer, 1962

Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922)

Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)

Anthene rubrimaculata (Strand, 1909)

Anthene rufomarginata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene ruwenzoricus (Grünberg, 1911)

Anthene saddacus (Talbot, 1935)

Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)

Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891)

Anthene sheppardi Stevenson, 1940

Anthene starki Larsen, 2005

Anthene suquala (Pagenstecher, 1902)

Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)

Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936 – Talbot's hairtail

Anthene ukerewensis (Strand, 1909)

Anthene uzungwae Kielland, 1990

Anthene versatilis (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)

Anthene xanthopoecilus (Holland, 1893)

Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)

Subgenus Anthene Doubleday, 1847; Australasia-species group (Indomalaya ecozone, Australasian ecozone Himalayan area in the Palearctic ecozone):

Anthene emolus (Godart, [1824]) – ciliate blue

Anthene licates (Hewitson, 1874)

Anthene lycaenina (R. Felder, 1868) – pointed ciliate blue

Anthene lycaenolus Tite, 1966

Anthene lycaenoides (Felder, 1860)

Anthene paraffinis (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

Anthene philo Hopffer, 1874

Anthene seltuttus (Röber, 1886)

Anthene villosa (Snellen, 1878)

Subgenus Neurellipes Bethune-Baker, 1910 Afrotropic ecozone

Anthene aequatorialis Stempffer, 1962

Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene fulvus Stempffer, 1962

Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)

Anthene likouala Stempffer, 1962

Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)

Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)

Subgenus Neurypexina Bethune-Baker, 1910 Afrotropic ecozone

Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950)

Anthene lamprocles (Hewitson, 1878)

Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874)

Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926)

Subgenus Triclema Karsch, 1893 Afrotropic ecozone

Anthene africana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)

Anthene coerulea (Aurivillius, 1895)

Anthene fasciatus (Aurivillius, 1895)

Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene inconspicua (Druce, 1910)

Anthene inferna (Bethune-Baker, 1926)

Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)

Anthene krokosua (Larsen, 2005)

Anthene lacides (Hewitson, 1874)

Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)

Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)

Anthene lutzi (Holland, 1920)

Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903)

Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

Anthene obscura (Druce, 1910)

Anthene oculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)

Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)

Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)

Anthene tisamenus (Holland, 1891)

Subgenus unknown

Anthene georgiadisi Larsen, 2009

Anthene Anthene emolus Common Ciliate Blue Butterflies of India

Anthene Butterflies of Africa Anthene liodes

References

Anthene Wikipedia

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