Anthene
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.
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| 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  | 
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Anthenes as Lycaenesthes Bethune-Baker, 1910 Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
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 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.
 
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