Anthene nigropunctata

Species of butterfly

Black-spotted hairtail

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
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

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Wikispecies has information related to Anthene nigropunctata.

1. ^ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-07.

Taxon identifiers

Anthene nigropunctata|

* Wikidata: Q4771709
* Wikispecies: Anthene nigropunctata
* BioLib: 642455
* CoL: 67BB4
* EoL: 264888
* GBIF: 1925708
* iNaturalist: 650210
* IRMNG: 10288004
* LepIndex: 201665
* Open Tree of Life: 3143203

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