Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Anthene | |
Similar Anthene definita, Anthene larydas, Anthene amarah, Anthene, Polyommatinae | ||
Anthene hades, the black ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Tshuapa, Equateur, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests, open country in the forest zone and Guinea savanna.
Adults have been recorded feeding from flowers. Males are also known to mud-puddle.
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