Anthene levis

Species of butterfly

Levis ciliate blue

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

A. levis

Binomial name
Anthene levis

(Hewitson, 1878)[1]

Synonyms

* Lycaenesthes levis Hewitson, 1878
* Anthene (Anthene) levis
* Lycaenesthes levis grisea Talbot, 1935

Anthene levis, the Levis ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Equateur and Lualaba), Uganda and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of dense woodland and forest fringes.

The larvae feed on Loranthus species. They are associated with ants of the genus Crematogaster, living in the inner runs and nests. The larvae are grub-like.

## References

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Wikispecies has information related to Anthene levis.

1. ^ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

Taxon identifiers

Anthene levis|

* Wikidata: Q4771676
* Wikispecies: Anthene levis
* BioLib: 642425
* BOLD: 348645
* CoL: 67BLS
* EoL: 265943
* GBIF: 1925747
* iNaturalist: 907785
* IRMNG: 10888875
* LepIndex: 201619
* NCBI: 2680116
* Open Tree of Life: 3143258

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