Anthene
Encyclopedia
Anthene is a genus of butterfly
in the family Lycaenidae
, commonly called the Ciliate Blues or Hairtails.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
, commonly called the Ciliate Blues or Hairtails.
Subgenera and species
Listed alphabetically within subgenera.- Subgenus Anthene Doubleday, 1847
- Anthene abruptus (Gaede, 1915)
- Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene amarahAnthene amarahThe Black-striped Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in tropical Africa and Arabia .The wingspan is 21-26 mm for males and 23-29 mm for females...
(Guérin-Méneville, 1847) – Black-striped Hairtail - Anthene arnoldi (Jones, 1917)
- Anthene arora Larsen, 1983
- Anthene atewa Larsen & Collins, 1998
- Anthene aureobrunnea Ungemach, 1932
- Anthene aurobrunnea (Ungemach, 1932)
- Anthene bakeri (Druce, 1910)
- Anthene barnesi Stevenson, 1940
- Anthene bipuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
- Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991
- Anthene buchholzi (Plötz, 1880)
- Anthene butleriAnthene butleriThe Pale Hairtail or Butler's Ciliate Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. In South Africa it is found in coastal lowland forest in KwaZulu-Natal, from the coast to Kosi Bay, inland across the Makathini Flats.The wingspan is...
(Oberthür, 1880) – Pale Hairtail - Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene collinsi D'Abrera, 1980
- Anthene contrastataAnthene contrastataThe Mashuna Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern Africa, from South Africa, north to Ethiopia and Arabia.The wingspan is 19-23 mm for males and 21-24 mm for females...
Ungemach, 1932 – Mashuna Hairtail - Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
- Anthene definitaAnthene definitaThe Common Ciliate Blue or Common Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Africa.The wingspan is 21-27 mm for males and 24-29 mm for females...
(Butler, 1899) – Common Hairtail - Anthene discimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
- Anthene emkopoti Larsen & Collins, 1998
- Anthene erythropoecilus (Holland, 1893)
- Anthene flavomaculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
- Anthene helpsi Larsen, 1994
- Anthene hobleyi (Neave, 1904)
- Anthene hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)
- Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
- Anthene ituria (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
- Anthene juanitaeAnthene juanitaeThe Juanita's Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Africa.The wingspan is about 25 mm in males and 27–29 mm in females....
Henning & Henning, 1993 – Juanita's Hairtail - Anthene juba (Fabricius, 1787)
- Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene katera Talbot, 1937
- Anthene kersteniAnthene kersteniKersten's Hairtail or Kersten's Ciliate Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. In South Africa it is found in coastal lowland forest in KwaZulu-Natal, from the coast to Kosi Bay, inland across the Makathini Flats.The wingspan is...
(Gerstaecker, 1871) – Kersten's Hairtail - Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene lachares (Hewitson, [1878])
- Anthene larydas (Cramer, [1780])
- Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
- Anthene lemnosAnthene lemnosThe Large Ciliate Blue or Large Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Africa.The wingspan is 27-30 mm for males and 27-31 mm for females...
(Hewitson, 1878) – Large Hairtail - Anthene leptala (Courvoisier, 1914)
- Anthene leptines (Hewitson, 1874)
- Anthene levis (Hewitson, 1878)
- Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
- Anthene lindaeAnthene lindaeLinda's Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from a few localities in the North Cape....
Henning & Henning, 1994 – Linda's Hairtail - Anthene liodesAnthene liodesThe Liodes Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Sierra Leone to Kenya, then to Malawi, Zimbabwe and Angola. It is also found in South Africa, where it rare and found from KwaZulu-Natal to Swaziland, Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province.The wingspan is 21-25 mm for...
(Hewitson, 1874) – Liodes Hairtail - Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898)
- Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
- Anthene lycaenolus Tite, 1966
- Anthene lychnaptes (Holland, 1891)
- Anthene lychnides (Hewitson, 1878)
- Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
- Anthene madibirensis (Wichgraf, 1921)
- Anthene mahota (Grose-Smith, 1887)
- Anthene makala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene melambrotus (Holland, 1893)
- Anthene millariAnthene millariMillar's Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa and Malawi. In South Africa, it is found in the East Cape, the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province....
(Trimen, 1893) – Millar's Hairtail - Anthene minimaAnthene minimaThe Little Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa and Botswana. In South Africa it is found in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province....
(Trimen, 1893) – Little Hairtail - Anthene montana Kielland, 1990
- Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990
- Anthene ngoko Stempffer, 1962
- Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene onias (Hulstaert, 1924)
- Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
- Anthene otaciliaAnthene otaciliaThe Otacilia Hairtail or Trimen's Ciliate Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family, found in Africa.The wingspan is about 22–23 mm in males and 23–24 mm in females....
(Trimen, 1868) – Otacillia Hairtail or Trimen's Ciliate Blue - Anthene pitmani Stempffer, 1936
- Anthene princepsAnthene princepsThe Cupreous Hairtail is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Africa.The wingspan is about 22–27 mm in males and 24–29 mm in females.The larvae feed on Albiza gummifera....
(Butler, 1876) – Cupreous Hairtail - Anthene pyroptera (Aurivillius, 1895)
- Anthene radiata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene ramnika D'Abrera, 1980
- Anthene rhodesiana Stempffer, 1962
- Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922)
- Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
- Anthene rubrimaculata (Strand, 1909)
- Anthene rufomarginata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene ruwenzoricus (Grünberg, 1911)
- Anthene saddacus (Talbot, 1935)
- Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)
- Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891)
- Anthene sheppardi Stevenson, 1940
- Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
- Anthene suquala (Pagenstecher, 1902)
- Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
- Anthene talbotiAnthene talbotiTalbot's Hairtail or Talbot's Ciliate Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from South Africa to Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. In South Africa it is found in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, through to Orange Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and the...
Stempffer, 1936 – Talbot's Hairtail - Anthene ukerewensis (Strand, 1909)
- Anthene uzungwae Kielland, 1990
- Anthene versatilis (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
- Anthene xanthopoecilus (Holland, 1893)
- Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)
- Subgenus Australasia:
- Anthene emolusAnthene emolusThe Ciliate Blue is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Male:Upperside: dull purple; bases of the wings suffused with blue ; both fore and hind wings with well-marked jet-black anticiliary lines, that on the fore wing expand slightly at tho apex...
(Godart, [1824]) – Ciliate Blue - Anthene licates (Hewitson, 1874)
- Anthene lycaeninaAnthene lycaeninaThe Pointed Ciliate Blue is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Description:...
(R. Felder, 1868) – Pointed Ciliate Blue - Anthene lycaenolus Tite, 1966
- Anthene lycaenoidesAnthene lycaenoidesThe Pale Ciliate Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Malaya to New Guinea.The wingspan is about ....
(Felder, 1860) - Anthene paraffinis (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
- Anthene philo Hopffer, 1874
- Anthene seltuttusAnthene seltuttusThe Dark Ciliate Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia and a number of bordering Pacific islands.The wingspan is about 25 mm....
(Röber, 1886) - Anthene villosa Snellen, 1878
- Anthene emolus
- Subgenus Neurellipes Bethune-Baker, 1910
- Anthene aequatorialis Stempffer, 1962
- Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene fulvus Stempffer, 1962
- Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)
- Anthene likouala Stempffer, 1962
- Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)
- Anthene meander Plötz, 1880
- Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
- Subgenus Neurypexina Bethune-Baker, 1910
- Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950)
- Anthene lamprocles (Hewitson, 1878)
- Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874)
- Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
- Subgenus Triclema Karsch, 1893
- Anthene africana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
- Anthene coerulea (Aurivillius, 1895)
- Anthene fasciatus (Aurivillius, 1895)
- Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene inconspicua (Druce, 1910)
- Anthene inferna (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
- Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)
- Anthene krokosua (Larsen, 2005)
- Anthene lacides (Hewitson, 1874)
- Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
- Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
- Anthene lutzi (Holland, 1920)
- Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
- Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
- Anthene obscura (Druce, 1910)
- Anthene oculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
- Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
- Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
- Anthene tisamenus (Holland, 1891)
External links
- Asahi Correctly determined photos of Anthenespecies from the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...