Anthene princeps
| Cupreous hairtail | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Anthene |
| Species: | A. princeps |
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| Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876) | |
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Anthene princeps, the cupreous hairtail, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Africa.
The wingspan is about 22–27 mm in males and 24–29 mm in females.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.
Subspecies
- Anthene princeps princeps (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, northern Zimbabwe, north-western Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, Free State Province and KwaZulu-Natal)
- Anthene princeps smithii (Mabille, 1877) (Madagascar)
Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. The nominate subspecies is #514. The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.
References
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- ↑ Henning, G.A.; Westrip, J.R.S. (2020). "Anthene princeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T161281924A161281936. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161281924A161281936.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Anthene at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
- ↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 61. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.