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Anthene rubricinctus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Anthene

Anthene rubricinctus

Similar
  
Tuxentius carana, Anthene larydas, Pentila pauli, Pseudacraea semire, Azanus isis

Anthene rubricinctus, the indigo ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of forest, especially stream banks.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males sometimes mud-puddle.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Pterocarpus esculenta.

Subspecies

  • Anthene rubricinctus rubricinctus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: west, east and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)
  • Anthene rubricinctus anadema (Druce, 1905) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Shaba, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
  • Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli Stempffer, 1961 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, northern Tanzania)

    • References

    Anthene rubricinctus Wikipedia
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