Anthene nigeriae

Anthene nigeriae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species:
A. nigeriae
Binomial name
Anthene nigeriae
Synonyms
  • Lycaenesthes nigeriae Aurivillius, 1905
  • Anthene (Triclema) nigeriae
  • Triclema lydia Hulstaert, 1924
  • Anthene maesseni Stempffer, 1957

Anthene nigeriae, the false hairtail or Nigerian ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kabinda, Maniema and Lualaba), southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia (the Copperbelt and eastwards) and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forest margins, open areas in Guinea savanna and coastal scrub.

Adults are on wing in mid-summer.

The larvae feed on Acacia abyssinica, Acacia hockii and Dichrostachys species.

References

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  1. ^ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-11.


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