Biology:Anthene lusones

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Anthene lusones
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species:
A. lusones
Binomial name
Anthene lusones
(Hewitson, 1874)[2]
Synonyms
  • Lycaenesthes lusones Hewitson, 1874
  • Anthene (Neurellipes) lusones
  • Lycaenesthes maeander Plötz, 1880
  • Lycaena fulvimacula Mabille, 1890

Anthene lusones, the large red-spot ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Anthene lusones lusones (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Anthene lusones fulvimacula (Mabille, 1890) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q28337899 entry