Anthene rubricinctus
| Anthene rubricinctus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Anthene |
| Species: | A. rubricinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)[1] | |
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Anthene rubricinctus, the Indigo Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forest, especially stream banks.
Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males sometimes mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Pterocarpus esculenta.
Subspecies
- Anthene rubricinctus rubricinctus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: west, east and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo: Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)
- Anthene rubricinctus anadema (Druce, 1905) (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo: south to Shaba, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
- Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli Stempffer, 1961 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
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