Anthene ligures
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Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene
Species: Anthene ligures
Subspecies:
A. l. amanica –
A. l. insularis –
A. l. ligures
Name[edit]
Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874).
Type locality: Angola.
Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.
Synonymy[edit]
- Lycaenesthes ligures Hewitson, 1874: 349; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 23.
- Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991: 440, Kenya. (synonymized by Libert, 2010: 42).
- Anthene ligures (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 192; Libert, 2010: 42.
References[edit]
- 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. BHL Reference page.
- Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1991. Description of new genera, species, and subspecies discovered as part of the research for the book The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. In: Larsen, T.B. The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford: i–xxi, 1–490. Chapter pagination: 438–445. Reference page.
- Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. BHL. Reference page.
- Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page.
- Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.