Anthene sylvanus

Anthene sylvanus, the common indigo ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense Guinea savanna.

Anthene sylvanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species:
A. sylvanus
Binomial name
Anthene sylvanus
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio sylvanus Drury, 1773
  • Anthene (Anthene) sylvanus
  • Papilio moncus Fabricius, 1781
  • Timolus syllidus Hübner, 1826
  • Lycaenesthes locra Plötz, 1880
  • Lycaenesthes sylvanus var. natalensis Staudinger and Schatz, 1888
  • Lycaenesthes ukerewensis var. albicans Grünberg, 1910
  • Anthene sylvanus bugalla Stempffer and Jackson, 1962

Subspecies
  • Anthene sylvanus sylvanus (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Tshopo, Kinshasa, Cataractes, Sankuru, Mamiema, Lualaba, Tanganika and Shaba)
  • Anthene sylvanus albicans (Grünberg, 1910) (southern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Anthene sylvanus niveus Stempffer, 1954 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equator)

References
  1. Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-07.


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