Anthene

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

For the towns of ancient Greece, see Anthene (Cynuria) and Anthene (Thessaly).

Anthene

Anthene and related genera in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Tribe:  | Lycaenesthini
Genus:  | Anthene
Doubleday, 1847
Synonyms

* Lycaenesthes Moore, [1866]
* Triclema Karsch, 1893
* Neurypexina Bethune-Baker, 1910
* Neurellipes Bethune-Baker, 1910
* Monile Ungemach, 1932
* Pseudoliptena Stempffer, 1946

Anthenes as Lycaenesthes Bethune-Baker, 1910 Transactions of the Entomological Society of London

Anthene is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, commonly called the ciliate blues or hairtails. The genus was erected by Edward Doubleday in 1847.

## Subgenera and species[edit]

Listed alphabetically within subgenera:[1]

* Subgenus Anthene Doubleday, 1847 (Afrotropical realm)
* Anthene abruptus (Gaede, 1915)
* Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1847) – black-striped hairtail
* Anthene arnoldi (N. Jones, 1917)
* Anthene arora Larsen, 1983
* Anthene atewa Larsen & Collins, 1998
* Anthene aurobrunnea (Ungemach, 1932)
* Anthene bakeri (H. H. Druce, 1910)
* Anthene barnesi Stevenson, 1940
* Anthene bipuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
* Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991
* Anthene buchholzi (Plötz, 1880)
* Anthene butleri (Oberthür, 1880) – pale hairtail
* Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene collinsi D'Abrera, 1980
* Anthene contrastata Ungemach, 1932 – mashuna hairtail
* Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
* Anthene definita (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 juanitae Henning & Henning, 1993 – Juanita's hairtail
* Anthene juba (Fabricius, 1787)
* Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene katera Talbot, 1937
* Anthene kersteni (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 lemnos (Hewitson, 1878) – large hairtail
* Anthene leptala (Courvoisier, 1914)
* Anthene leptines (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene levis (Hewitson, 1878)
* Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene lindae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Linda's hairtail
* Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874) – liodes hairtail
* Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898)
* Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
* 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 millari (Trimen, 1893) – Millar's hairtail
* Anthene minima (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 otacilia (Trimen, 1868) – Otacilia hairtail or Trimen's ciliate blue
* Anthene pitmani Stempffer, 1936
* Anthene princeps (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 talboti 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 Anthene Doubleday, 1847; Australasia-species group (Indomalayan realm, Australasian realm, Himalayan area in the Palearctic realm):
* Anthene emolus (Godart, [1824]) – ciliate blue
* Anthene licates (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene lycaenina (R. Felder, 1868) – pointed ciliate blue
* Anthene lycaenolus Tite, 1966
* Anthene lycaenoides (Felder, 1860)
* Anthene paraffinis (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
* Anthene philo Hopffer, 1874
* Anthene seltuttus (Röber, 1886)
* Anthene villosa (Snellen, 1878)
* Subgenus Neurellipes Bethune-Baker, 1910 Afrotropical realm
* 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 staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
* Subgenus Neurypexina Bethune-Baker, 1910 Afrotropical realm
* Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950)
* Anthene lamprocles (Hewitson, 1878)
* Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874)
* Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
* Subgenus Triclema Karsch, 1893 Afrotropical realm
* Anthene africana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
* Anthene coerulea (Aurivillius, 1895)
* Anthene fasciatus (Aurivillius, 1895)
* Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene inconspicua (H. H. 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 (H. H. Druce, 1910)
* Anthene oculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
* Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
* Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Anthene tisamenus (Holland, 1891)
* Subgenus unknown
* Anthene georgiadisi Larsen, 2009

## References[edit]

1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Anthene Doubleday, 1847". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.

* Cramer, P. (1775-1780). De Uitlandsche Kapellen ... Asia, Africa en America ... Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, 4 vols.
* Doubleday, E. (1847). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: [ii], 57 pp. London.
* Hemming, A. F. (1935). In Carpenter (1935). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 83: 313-447.
* Henning, G.A. & Henning, S.F. (1993). Description of a new species of Anthene Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Transvaal, South Africa. Metamorphosis 4(4): 156-158.
* Larsen, T.B. (2009). Anthene georgiadisi sp. nov. (Lep.: Lycaenidae) – a new butterfly from Liberia. Entomologist's record and journal of variation, 121 (1): 47-51. ISSN 0013-8916
* Moore, F. (1866). On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1865: 755-823, 3 pls.
* Stempffer, H. (1946). Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne. Revue fr. Ent. 13: 8-19.
* Tennent, W.J. (2001). Twenty new butterflies from the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae; Lycaenidae; Nymphalinae; Satyrinae; Danainae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 14: 1-27.
* Tite, G. E. (1966). A revision of the genus Anthene from the Oriental region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 18: 253-275, 2 pls, 28 text figs.
* Ungemach, H. (1932). Contribution a l'étude des lépidoptères d'Abyssinie. Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phy. Maroc. 32: 1-122, 2 pls., 1 map.
* Williams, M. C. (2008). Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from [1] Afrotropical Butterflies.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Anthene at Wikimedia Commons
* Data related to Anthene at Wikispecies
* Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Anthene". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived June 30, 2001. With images.
* "Taxonomy Browser: Anthene". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved January 10, 2020.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1380770
* Wikispecies: Anthene
* AFD: Anthene
* BioLib: 642364
* BOLD: 25547
* ButMoth: 1881.0
* CoL: XBH
* EoL: 32906
* GBIF: 1925584
* iNaturalist: 145617
* IRMNG: 1260551
* LepIndex: 201535
* NCBI: 328894

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