Anthene crawshayi

Anthene crawshayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species: A. crawshayi
Binomial name
Anthene crawshayi
(Butler, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaenesthes crawshayi Butler, 1899
  • Anthene (Anthene) crawshayi
  • Lycaenesthes crawshayi ab. parallela Aurivillius, 1923
  • Lycaenesthes crawshayi marginata Hulstaert, 1924
  • Lycaenesthes crawshayi var. minuta Bethune-Baker, 1916
  • Lycaenesthes crawshayi f. albilunata Ungemach, 1932
  • Lycaenesthes sobrina Talbot, 1935

Anthene crawshayi, Crawshay’s Hairtail or Crawshay’s Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and open forests.

Adult males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to the flowers of Acacia trees. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on the young terminal shoots of Acacia abyssinica, Acacia polycantha campylacantha, Cassia alata and Entada abyssinica. They are green with a dark dorsal line and with dark diagonal lateral stripes.

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References

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