''Anthene'' is a genus of

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in the family

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, commonly called the ciliate blues or hairtails. The genus was erected by

Edward Doubleday Edward Doubleday (9 October 1810 – 14 December 1849) was an English entomologist primarily interested in Lepidoptera. He is best known for ''The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Comprising Their Generic Characters, a Notice of Their Habits and ...

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 (''

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''). Some of the species are 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. Distribution Most of the species live in Africa, but there is also a group in Southeast Asia (north to the Himalayas) and Australia. The genera ''Neurellipes'', ''Neurypexina'', and ''Triclema'' are often considered subgenera of ''Anthene''.

Subgenera and species

Listed alphabetically within

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: *Subgenus ''Anthene'' Doubleday, 1847 (

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) **''

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 nort ...

'' (Gaede, 1915) **''

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, Uga ...

'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) **'' Anthene alberta'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) **''

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 i ...

'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1847) – black-striped hairtail **''

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.Anthene arora'' Larsen, 1983 **'' Anthene atewa'' Larsen & Collins, 1998 **'' Anthene aurobrunnea'' (Ungemach, 1932) **''

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 ...

'' (H. H. Druce, 1910) **'' Anthene barnesi'' Stevenson, 1940 **'' Anthene bipuncta'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) **'' Anthene bjoernstadi'' Collins & Larsen, 1991 **''

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 nor ...

'' (Plötz, 1880) **''

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 ...

'' (Oberthür, 1880) – pale hairtail **''

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 Zimba ...

'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) **''

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. ...

'' D'Abrera, 1980 **''

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. Adu ...

'' Ungemach, 1932 – mashuna hairtail **''

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, Sud ...

'' (Butler, 1899) **''

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 i ...

'' (Butler, 1899) – common hairtail **''

Anthene discimacula ''Anthene discimacula'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Tshopo and Sankuru Sankuru is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 rep ...

'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) **''

Anthene emkopoti ''Anthene emkopoti'', the Mkpot ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop) and western Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Af ...

'' Larsen & Collins, 1998 **''

Anthene erythropoecilus ''Anthene erythropoecilus'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to ...

'' (Holland, 1893) **''

Anthene flavomaculatus ''Anthene flavomaculatus'', the yellow-spot ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon and northern Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a countr ...

'' (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 ''Anthene janna'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia and north-eastern Kenya. The habitat consists of dry savanna. References Butterflies described in 1949 janna Janna (Kannada : ಮಹಾಕವ ...

'' Gabriel, 1949 **'' Anthene juanitae'' Henning & Henning, 1993 – Juanita's hairtail **''

Anthene juba ''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 but ...

'' (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,

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**'' Anthene larydas'' (Cramer,

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**'' 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 ''Anthene montana'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania (from the eastern part of the country to the Uluguru Mountains). The length of the forewings is approximately . References Butterflies described in 1990 m ...

'' Kielland, 1990 **'' Anthene mpanda'' Kielland, 1990 **'' Anthene ngoko'' Stempffer, 1962 **''

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. Adults have been recor ...

'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) **'' Anthene onias'' (Hulstaert, 1924) **'' Anthene opalina'' Stempffer, 1946 **'' Anthene otacilia'' (Trimen, 1868) – Otacilia hairtail or Trimen's ciliate blue **''

Anthene pitmani ''Anthene pitmani'', the Pitman's hairtail, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. The habitat consists of savanna. The larvae feed on the young shoots of '' Acacia abyssinica'', '' Acacia lahai'', '' ...

'' 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 ''Anthene rufomarginata'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri and north-eastern Tshopo Tshopo is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2 ...

'' (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 (

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, Himalayan area in the

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): **'' Anthene emolus'' (Godart,

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– 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

**''

Anthene aequatorialis ''Anthene aequatorialis'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tshuapa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. References

Butterflies described in 1962 Anthene, aequatorialis Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic o ...

'' 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

**'' Anthene kalinzu'' (Stempffer, 1950) **'' Anthene lamprocles'' (Hewitson, 1878) **'' Anthene lyzanius'' (Hewitson, 1874) **'' Anthene quadricaudata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1926) *Subgenus ''Triclema'' Karsch, 1893

**'' 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 ''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 but ...

'' (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

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* * *Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001)
"Genus ''Anthene''"
''A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines''. Archived June 30, 2001. With images. * {{Taxonbar , from=Q1380770 Lycaenidae genera