Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Anthene | |
Similar Tuxentius carana, Ariadne enotrea, Pseudacraea semire, Pentila pauli, Ypthima doleta | ||
Anthene rufoplagata, the orange-patch ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and Uganda. The habitat consists of primary forests.
Adult males mud-puddle.
References
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