Anthene larydas

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Anthene larydas
Spotted ciliate blue (Anthene larydas).jpg
Male
Spotted ciliate blue (Anthene larydas) male underside Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
Both in Ghana
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species:
A. larydas
Binomial name
Anthene larydas
(Cramer, 1780) [2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio larydasCramer, 1780
  • Anthene (Anthene) larydas
  • Hesperia peridesFabricius, 1793
female, Mozambique Spotted ciliate blue (Anthene larydas) female Maputo.jpg
female, Mozambique

Anthene larydas, the spotted hairtail or common ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya to South Africa and Mozambique.

The larvae feed on Acacia farnesiana , Afzelia species, Albizia gummifera , Albizia zygia , Dichrostachys glomerata and Hypericum species. They are associated with the ant species Pheidole aurivillii race kasaiensis, Camponotus akwapimensis var. poultoni and Crematogaster striatula var. horati.

References

  1. Henning, G.A.; Westrip, J.R.S. (2020). "Anthene larydas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T161279254A161279258. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161279254A161279258.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera