Anthene staudingeri

Anthene staudingeri, Staudinger's ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Anthene staudingeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species:
A. staudingeri
Binomial name
Anthene staudingeri
Synonyms
  • Lycaenesthes staudingeri Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894
  • Anthene (Neurellipes) staudingeri
  • Neurellipes staudingeri obsoleta Stempffer, 1947

Subspecies
  • Anthene staudingeri staudingeri (Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania)
  • Anthene staudingeri obsoleta (Stempffer, 1947) (Kenya)

References
  1. Anthene, funet.fi
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-11.


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