Neurellipes lysicles

Violet-spotted ciliate blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Neurellipes
Species:	N. lysicles
Binomial name
	Neurellipes lysicles; (Hewitson, 1874)
Synonyms
	Lycaenesthes lysicles Hewitson, 1874; Anthene (Anthene) lysicles;

Neurellipes lysicles, formerly Anthene lysicles, the violet-spotted ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).The habitat consists of forests.

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. The nominate subspecies, described as Anthene lysicles, is #527. The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.

References

↑ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
↑ 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. 63. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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[1] Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

[2] Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.

[3] Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 63. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.