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Anthene afra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Anthene

Anthene afra

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Anthene afra, the black-edged ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, North Kivu and Lualaba), Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.

References

Anthene afra Wikipedia