Anthene hodsoni

Species of butterfly

Hodson's hairtail

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

A. hodsoni

Binomial name
Anthene hodsoni

(Talbot, 1935)[1]

Synonyms

* Lycaenesthes hodsoni Talbot, 1935
* Anthene (Anthene) hodsoni
* Lycaenesthes hodsoni usamba Talbot, 1937

Anthene hodsoni, the Hodson's hairtail, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on Acacia drepanolobium from within galls. The larvae are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.

## Subspecies

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* Anthene hodsoni hodsoni (south-western Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, north-western Kenya)
* Anthene hodsoni usamba (Talbot, 1937) (central Kenya)

## References

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Wikispecies has information related to Anthene hodsoni.

1. ^ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-05.

Taxon identifiers

Anthene hodsoni|

* Wikidata: Q4771651
* Wikispecies: Anthene hodsoni
* BioLib: 642399
* BOLD: 985966
* CoL: 67BM2
* EoL: 262870
* GBIF: 1925660
* IRMNG: 11195527
* LepIndex: 201591
* NCBI: 2691611
* Open Tree of Life: 3143182

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