Anthene nigropunctata

Short description: Species of butterfly

Anthene nigropunctata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Anthene
Species:  |

A. nigropunctata

Binomial name
Anthene nigropunctata

(Bethune-Baker, 1910)[1]

Synonyms

* Lycaenesthes nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1910
* Anthene (Anthene) nigropunctata

Anthene nigropunctata, the black-spotted hairtail, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele and Lualaba), Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

Adults have been recorded from October to December in Zambia and in March at Chinhoyi in Zimbabwe.

## References

| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anthene nigropunctata.

|

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

See also Wikidata entry Q4771709.

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Anthene nigropunctata. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Anthene_nigropunctata&oldid=1546297"