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Anthene
''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. ''Anthene'' are small to medium-sized (wingspan 16–40 millimetres), slender butterflies without tails or with 2–3 short, hairy tails on the hindwing. The upper parts are dark brown, in males often with a blue or blue-violet metallic sheen that is usually not as strong as in many other blues. Other species have orange, or less often, white patches. Females are more uniformly brown. The underparts are light brown, often with white-edged transverse bands, but without or with few dark spots. The larvae can live on a variety of shrubs and trees, but are often found on the acacia genus (''Acacia''). Some of the species are Myrmecophily, associated with ants. The ants collect the young larvae and carry them back to the nest, where they are fed and cared for, in return they secrete substances that the ants like. Distribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Definita
''Anthene definita'', the common ciliate blue or common hairtail, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Africa. The wingspan is 21–27 mm for males and 24–29 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas, with a peak in summer. The larvae feed on ''Allophylus africanus'', ''Pappea capensis'', ''Mangifera indica'', ''Myrica aethiopica'', ''Myrica sericea'', ''Acacia karroo'', ''Acacia cyanophylla'', ''Acacia saligna'', ''Paraserianthus lophanta'', ''Schotia'', ''Bersama'' and ''Kalanchoe'' species. The larvae are associated with ants of the genus ''Iridomyrmyx''. Subspecies *''Anthene definita definita'' (Guinea (Nimbas), Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, North Kivu, Lualaba and Shaba, Uganda, central and western Kenya, to northern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Amarah
''Anthene amarah'', the black-striped hairtail, leaden hairtail or leaden ciliate blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in tropical Africa and Arabia (up to Aqaba). The habitat consists of savanna and occasionally open areas in the forest zone. The wingspan is 21–26 mm for males and 23–29 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with a peak in summer. The larvae feed on ''Acacia'' species, including and '' Acacia karroo'', '' Acacia sieberana'', and '' Acacia gerrardii''. They are associated with a number of ants, including ''Crematogaster bequaerti'' var. ''saga'', '' Lepisiota affinis'', ''Camponotus'', and '' Myrmicaria'' species. References External links Butterflies described in 1847 amarah Amarah (), also spelled Amara, is a city in south-eastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad about 50 km (31 mi) from the border with Iran. It lies at the northern tip of the marshla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Buchholzi
''Anthene buchholzi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R .... In Seitz it is described - he upper surface of the male is of a plain bluish black, that of the female blackish brown with an oviform orange spot at some distance from the posterior margin and posterior angle of the forewing; at the margin of the hindwing there are in the cells 1 and 2 one fine blue streak each, and in cell 2 an orange lunula turned towards it. The under surface is very similar to that of ' L. larydas'', but it is remarkably distinguished from it by the costal margin of the forewing being white at the base and the oblique white line beside it, as well as by the two eye-spots at the margin of the hindwing being inwards bordered wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Crawshayi
''Anthene crawshayi'', Crawshay's hairtail or Crawshay's ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The habitat consists of savanna and open forests. Adult males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to the flowers of ''Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...'' trees. Adults are on wing year round. The larvae feed on the young terminal shoots of '' Acacia abyssinica'', '' Acacia polycantha campylacantha'', '' Cassia alata'' and '' Entada abyssinica''. Subspecies *''Anthene crawshayi crawsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Bakeri
''Anthene bakeri'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t .... References Butterflies described in 1910 bakeri Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Butterflies of Africa {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Afra
''Anthene afra'', the black-edged ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, North Kivu and Lualaba), Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ..., and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Adult males mud-puddle. References Butterflies described in 1910 Anthene, afra {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Butleri
''Anthene butleri'', the pale hairtail or Butler's ciliate blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. In South Africa, it is found in coastal lowland forests in KwaZulu-Natal, from the coast to Kosi Bay, and inland across the Makathini Flats. The wingspan is 23–28 mm for males and 25–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing the year-round, with a peak in the warmer months. The larvae feed on '' Kalanchoe crenata'', '' Kalanchoe lugardii'' and ''Cotyledon A cotyledon ( ; ; "a cavity, small cup, any cup-shaped hollow", gen. (), ) is a "seed leaf" – a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant – and is formally defined as "the embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or mor ...'' species, including '' Cotyledon orbiculata'' . Subspecies *''A. b. butleri'' (Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, north-west Kenya) *''A. b. arabicus'' Gabriel, 1954 (Yemen) *''A. b. galla'' Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Arnoldi
''Anthene arnoldi'', or Arnold's hairtail, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Neville Jones in 1918. ''S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science''. Retrieved September 29, 2019. It is found in and Zimbabwe
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Anthene Chirinda
''Anthene chirinda'', the Chirinda hairtail, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots .... References Butterflies described in 1910 chirinda {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Abruptus
''Anthene abruptus'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R .... In Seitz it is described- Upper surface agreeing with that of '' larydas'' Cr. (71 h); on the forewing beneath in ''larydas'' the white marginal line of the first basal double spot is distally almost rectilinear, proximally beginning from the middle bent inwards; in ''abrupta'' the proximal line terminates on the median vein, the distal line forming a small bow distally somewhat above the median vein and ending on this vein; the whole lower part of the basal spot is thus absent; the central spot between vein 1 and vein 2 is in bordered with white like the others, in ''abrupta'' there is only a brown, pointed spot without a light marginal line; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Collinsi
''Anthene collinsi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken .... References Butterflies described in 1980 collinsi Endemic fauna of Ethiopia Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Bernard d'Abrera {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Contrastata
''Anthene contrastata'', the mashuna hairtail, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Africa, from South Africa, north to Ethiopia and Arabia. The wingspan is 19–23 mm for males and 21–24 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to June, with peaks in November and from March to April. The larvae probably feed on ''Acacia'' species, including '' Acacia karroo'' and ''Acacia tortilis ''Vachellia tortilis'', widely known as ''Acacia tortilis'' but now attributed to the genus ''Vachellia'' of the Mimosa Family ( Mimosaceae), is the umbrella thorn acacia, also known as umbrella thorn and Israeli babool, a medium to large canop ...''. Subspecies *''Anthene contrastata contrastata'' (Ethiopia, Yemen) *''Anthene contrastata mashuna'' (Stevenson, 1937) (West Cape, KwaZulu-Natal to Orange Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province, North West Province, North Cape, north to Zimbabwe to Kenya) *''Anthene contrastata turkana'' Stempf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
