Anthene

Anthene
	Anthene and related genera in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Lycaenesthini
Genus:	Anthene; Doubleday, 1847
Synonyms
	Lycaenesthes Moore, [1866]; Triclema Karsch, 1893; Neurypexina Bethune-Baker, 1910; Neurellipes Bethune-Baker, 1910; Monile Ungemach, 1932; Pseudoliptena Stempffer, 1946;

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:^[1]

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 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, [1878])
- Anthene larydas (Cramer, [1780])
- 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, [1824]) – 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

^ Savela, Markku. "Anthene Doubleday, 1847". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.

Cramer, P. (1775-1780). De Uitlandsche Kapellen ... Asia, Africa en America ... Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, 4 vols.
Doubleday, E. (1847). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: [ii], 57 pp. London.
Hemming, A. F. (1935). In Carpenter (1935). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 83: 313-447.
Henning, G.A. & Henning, S.F. (1993). Description of a new species of Anthene Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Transvaal, South Africa. Metamorphosis 4(4): 156-158.
Larsen, T.B. (2009). Anthene georgiadisi sp. nov. (Lep.: Lycaenidae) – a new butterfly from Liberia. Entomologist's record and journal of variation, 121 (1): 47-51. ISSN 0013-8916
Moore, F. (1866). On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1865: 755-823, 3 pls.
Stempffer, H. (1946). Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne. Revue fr. Ent. 13: 8-19.
Tennent, W.J. (2001). Twenty new butterflies from the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae; Lycaenidae; Nymphalinae; Satyrinae; Danainae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 14: 1-27.
Tite, G. E. (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.
Ungemach, H. (1932). Contribution a l'étude des lépidoptères d'Abyssinie. Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phy. Maroc. 32: 1-122, 2 pls., 1 map.
Williams, M. C. (2008). Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from [1] Afrotropical Butterflies.

External links

Media related to Anthene at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Anthene at Wikispecies
Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Anthene". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived June 30, 2001. With images.
"Taxonomy Browser: Anthene". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved January 10, 2020.

[1] Savela, Markku. "Anthene Doubleday, 1847". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.

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