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Monile
''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. Subgenera and species Listed alphabetically within subgenera: *Subgenus ''Anthene'' Doubleday, 1847 (Afrotropical realm) **'' Anthene abruptus'' (Gaede, 1915) **'' Anthene afra'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) **'' Anthene alberta'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) **'' Anthene amarah'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1847) – black-striped hairtail **'' Anthene arnoldi'' (N. Jones, 1917) **'' Anthene arora'' Larsen, 1983 **'' Anthene atewa'' Larsen & Collins, 1998 **'' Anthene aurobrunnea'' (Ungemach, 1932) **'' Anthene bakeri'' (H. H. Druce, 1910) **'' Anthene barnesi'' Stevenson, 1940 **'' Anthene bipuncta'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) **'' Anthene bjoernstadi'' Collins & Larsen, 1991 **'' Anthene buchholzi'' (Plötz, 1880) **'' Anthene butleri'' (Oberthür, 1880) – pale hairtail **'' Anthene chirinda'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) **'' Anthene collinsi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Seitz
Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, (24 February 1860 in Mainz – 5 March 1938 in Darmstadt) was a German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a director of the Frankfurt zoo from 1893 to 1908 and is best known for editing the multivolume reference on the butterflies and larger moths of the world ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' which continued after his death. Biography Seitz was born in Mainz and went to school in Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt and Bensheim. He studied medicine from 1880 to 1885 and then zoology at Giessen. His doctorate was on the protective devices of animals. He worked as an assistant in the maternity hospital of the University of Giessen and then worked as a ship's doctor from 1887, travelling to Australia, South America and Asia. He began to collect butterflies on these travels. In 1891 he habilitated in zoology with a thesis on the biology of butterflies from the University of Giessen. In 1893 he took up a position as a director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Bipuncta
''Anthene bipuncta'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Uele, Équateur and Sankuru) and the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w .... References Butterflies described in 1921 Anthene {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Helpsi
''Anthene helpsi'', the creamy ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana and possibly Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is .... The habitat consists of dense upland evergreen forests. References Butterflies described in 1994 Anthene {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... The habitat consist of forests. The larvae are associated with the following ant species: ''Crematogaster buchneri'' race ''winkleri'', ''Crematogaster buchneri'' race ''alligatrix'', '' Pheidole rotundata'' and '' Odontomachus haematodes''. References Butterflies described in 1893 Anthene Butterflies of Africa {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Erythropoecilus
''Anthene erythropoecilus'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north .... References Butterflies described in 1893 Anthene Endemic fauna of Gabon Butterflies of Africa {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C .... The habitat consists of forests. References Butterflies described in 1998 Anthene {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Sankuru, Kasaï-Oriental, and Lomami provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. San ...). References Butterflies described in 1921 Anthene Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Butterflies of Africa {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...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 ''Kalanchoe'' , also written ''Kalanchöe'' or ''Kalanchoë'', is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A ''Kalanchoe'' species was one ...'' species. The larvae are associated with ants of the genus '' Iridomyrmyx''. Subspecies *''Anthene definita definita'' (Guinea (Nimbas), Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic ... [...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'' 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 ''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six fr ...''. They are green with a dark dorsal line an ... [...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 ''Vachellia karroo'', commonly known as the sweet thorn, common acacia, Karoo thorn, Cape gum or cockspur thorn, is a species of ''Vachellia'', native to southern Africa from southern Angola east to Mozambique, and south to South Africa. It is ...'' and '' Acacia tortilis''. 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] |
Anthene Collinsi
''Anthene collinsi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the .... References Butterflies described in 1980 Anthene Endemic fauna of Ethiopia Butterflies of Africa {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthene Chirinda
''Anthene chirinda'', the Chirinda hairtail, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam .... References Butterflies described in 1910 Anthene {{Lycaenesthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
