Anthene Hades

Anthene hades
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. hades
Binomial name
	Anthene hades; (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
Synonyms
	Triclema hades Bethune-Baker, 1910; Anthene (Triclema) hades;

Short description: Species of butterfly

Anthene hades, the black ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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.^[2] 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.

References

↑ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_lycaenesthini.doc.

Wikidata ☰ Q4771648 entry

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[1] Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_lycaenesthini.doc.