Anthene hades
| Anthene hades | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Anthene |
| Species: | A. hades |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)[1] | |
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Anthene hades, the black ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Tshuapa, Equateur, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests, open country in the forest zone and Guinea savanna.
Adults have been recorded feeding from flowers. Males are also known to mud-puddle.
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- ↑ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini
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