Biology:Anthene staudingeri

Short description: Species of butterfly

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

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. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4771739 entry