Anthene crawshayi minuta

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Anthene crawshayi
Subspecies: Anthene crawshayi minuta

Name

Anthene crawshayi minuta (Bethune-Baker, 1916).

Type locality: Sudan: “Dilling; Tira Mundi”.

Holotype: tbc. Paratype: ♂ OUMNH, images.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes crawshayi minuta [var.] Bethune-Baker, 1916: 277.
• Lycaenesthes crawshayi albilunata Ungemach, 1932: 88. Ethiopia: “le Centre-Ouest”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Lycaenesthini, 22.
• Lycaenesthes sobrina Talbot, 1935: 208. HT: ♀ OUMNH, Kenya: “West Kenya Colony, 3,000 ft., leading into Kerio Valley. Suk”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Lycaenesthini, 22. images
• Anthene (Anthene) crawshayi minuta (Bethune-Baker); Williams, 2007: Lycaenesthini, 22.

References

• Bethune-Baker, 1916. In Longstaff, G.B., 1916. Butterflies of Southern Kordofan, collected by Captain R. S. Wilson. Lancashire Regiment. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 269-288. BHL. Reference page. 
• Talbot, G. 1935. New species and forms of African Lycaenidae (Lep.: Rhop.) [and supplement]. Entomologist's monthly magazine 71: 69-78, 115-127, 147-153; ill.; Suppl.: 202-209; ill. buy. 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.