Anthene Lycaenina Butterfly

''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'' 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'' D'Abrera, 1980
**''Anthene contrastata'' Ungemach, 1932 – mashuna hairtail
**''Anthene crawshayi'' (Butler, 1899)
**''Anthene definita'' (Butler, 1899) – common hairtail
**''Anthene discimacula'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
**''Anthene emkopoti'' Larsen & Collins, 1998
**''Anthene erythropoecilus'' (Holland, 1893)
**''Anthene flavomaculatus'' (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'' Gabriel, 1949
**'' Anthene juanitae'' Henning & Henning, 1993 – Juanita's hairtail
**''Anthene juba'' (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, 878
**'' Anthene larydas'' (Cramer, 780
**'' 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'' Kielland, 1990
**'' Anthene mpanda'' Kielland, 1990
**''Anthene ngoko'' Stempffer, 1962
**'' Anthene nigropunctata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
**'' Anthene onias'' (Hulstaert, 1924)
**''Anthene opalina'' Stempffer, 1946
**'' Anthene otacilia'' (Trimen, 1868) – Otacilia hairtail or Trimen's ciliate blue
**''Anthene pitmani'' 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'' (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 (Indomalayan realm, Australasian realm, Himalayan area in the Palearctic realm):
**'' Anthene emolus'' (Godart, 824 – 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 Afrotropical realm
**'' Anthene aequatorialis'' 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 Afrotropical realm
**''Anthene kalinzu'' (Stempffer, 1950)
**'' Anthene lamprocles'' (Hewitson, 1878)
**'' Anthene lyzanius'' (Hewitson, 1874)
**''Anthene quadricaudata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
*Subgenus ''Triclema'' Karsch, 1893 Afrotropical realm
**''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'' (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

References

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* (1935). ''In'' (1935). ''Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond.'' 83: 313-447.
* (1993). Description of a new species of ''Anthene'' Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Transvaal, South Africa. ''Metamorphosis'' 4(4): 156-158.
* (2009). '' Anthene georgiadisi'' sp. nov. (Lep.: Lycaenidae) – a new butterfly from Liberia
''Entomologist's record and journal of variation''
121 (1): 47-51.
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* (1946). Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne. ''Revue fr. Ent.'' 13: 8-19.
* (2001). Twenty new butterflies from the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae; Lycaenidae; Nymphalinae; Satyrinae; Danainae). ''British Journal of Entomology and Natural History'' 14: 1-27.
* (1966). A revision of the genus ''Anthene'' from the Oriental region. ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)'' 18: 253-275, 2 pls, 28 text figs.
* (1932). Contribution a l'étude des lépidoptères d'Abyssinie. ''Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phy. Maroc.'' 32: 1-122, 2 pls., 1 map.
* (2008). ''Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea''. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded fro

Afrotropical Butterflies.

External links

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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.
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Anthene,
Lycaenidae genera