Anthene

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene
Species: A. abruptus –A. afra –A. agumatsa –A. akoae –A. alberta –A. amarah – A. anadema –A. arnoldi –A. bamptoni –A. benadirensis –A. butleri – A. chojnackii –A. confusa –A. congdoni –A. contrastata –A. cottrelli – A. crawshayi –A. definita –A. dulcis –A. eliasi –A. emolus –A. gardineri – A. hobleyi –A. hodsoni –A. indefinita –A. irumu –A. ituria –A. jeanneli – A. kenyensis –A. kikuyu –A. larydas –A. lasti –A. lemnos –A. leonina – A. levis –A. licates –A. ligures –A. lindae –A. liodes –A. livida – A. lunulata –A. lycaenina –A. lycaenoides –A. lycaenolus –A. maesseni –A. merioli – A. millari –A. minima –A. mocquerysi –A. montana –A. mpanda –A. nigropunctata – A. ochreofascia –A. opalina –A. otacilia –A. paraffinis –A. perspicua –A. philo – A. pitmani –A. preussi –A. princeps –A. pungusei –A. quadricaudata –A. rhodesiana – A. robertsi –A. rubricinctus –A. rubrimaculata –A. sangha –A. seltuttus –A. smithii – A. starki –A. suquala –A. sylvanus –A. talboti –A. ukerewensis –A. usamba – A. uzungwae –A. villosa –A. vorgasi –A. warrengashi –A. wilsoni –A. yevui – A. ysobelae

African species

[After Libert, 2010.]

amarah Species Group:
- A. amarah

chojnackii Species Group:
- A. chojnackii

hodsoni Species Group:
- A. hodsoni – A. usamba

larydas Species Group:
- A. crawshayi – A. larydas – A. suquala

levis Species Group:
- A. akoae – A. eliasi – A. irumu – A. leonina – A. levis – A. mocquerysi – A. preussi – A. vorgasi

ligures Species Group:
- A. afra – A. agumatsa – A. alberta – A. bamptoni – A. butleri – A. congdoni – A. definita – A. hobleyi – A. indefinita – A. lemnos – A. ligures – A. livida – A. montana – A. perspicua – A. sylvanus – A. ukerewensis – A. uzungwae – A. yevui

millari Species Group:
- A. arnoldi – A. cottrelli – A. maesseni – A. merioli – A. millari – A. warrengashi – A. wilsoni

minima Species Group:
- A. gardineri – A. lindae – A. minima – A. rhodesiana

otacilia Species Group:
- A. benadirensis – A. confusa – A. contrastata – A. dulcis – A. kenyensis – A. kikuyu – A. opalina – A. otacilia – A. pitmani – A. robertsi – A. talboti

quadricaudata Species Group:
- A. quadricaudata

rubricinctus Species Group:
- A. anadema – A. ituria – A. jeanneli – A. lasti – A. liodes – A. lunulata – A. mpanda – A. nigropunctata – A. ochreofascia – A. princeps – A. rubricinctus – A. smithii – A. starki

rubrimaculata Species Group:
- A. rubrimaculata

ysobelae Species Group:
- A. pungusei – A. ysobelae

Oriental species

[After Tite, 1966]

A. emolus – A. licates – A. lycaenina – A. lycaenoides – A. lycaenolus – A. paraffinis – A. philo – A. seltuttus – A. villosa

Name

Anthene Doubleday, 1847: 27.

Type Species: Papilio larydas Cramer, [1780]: 160, pl.282, fig.H; by selection of Hemming, 1935: 435.

Synonymy

Lycaenesthes Moore, [1866]: 773.
Pseudoliptena Stempffer, 1946: 8.

References

Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. Reference page.
Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page.
Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page.
Hemming, A. F. 1935. In Carpenter, G. D. H. 1935, Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 83: 313–447. Reference page.
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. Online (with PDF available). Reference page.
Larsen, T.B., 1994. Anthene helpsi sp. nov. A remarkable new lycaenid from Ghana. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 94 (4): 550–552. Full article: [1]. Reference page.
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. Reference page. [not seen]
Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page.
Moore, F. 1866 ["1865"]. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823. BHL Pls. XLI–XLIII. Reference page.
Stempffer, H., 1946. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae de la faune éthiopienne. Revue française d’entomologie 13: 8-19. Reference page.
Takano, H. 2024b. Descriptions of three new species of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Parc National de Nouabalé-Ndoki, Republic of Congo with additional notes on little-known species. Zootaxa 5496(2): 214–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.2.4. . Reference page.
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. Reference page.
Tite, G. E., 1966. A revision of the genus Anthene from the Oriental region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 18: 253-275, 2 pls, 28 text figs. BHL. Reference page.
Ungemach, H., 1932. Contribution a l'étude des lépidoptères d'Abyssinie; Premiere partie, Rhopalocères. Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phy. Maroc. 32: 1-122, 2 pls., 1 map. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Vernacular names

中文: 尖角灰蝶屬