Anthene rubricinctus

Anthene rubricinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species: A. rubricinctus
Binomial name
Anthene rubricinctus
(Holland, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaenesthes rubricinctus Holland, 1891
  • Anthene (Anthene) rubricinctus
  • Lycaenesthes musagetes Holland, 1891
  • Lycaenesthes anadema Druce, 1905
  • Anthene musagetes elgonensis Stempffer, 1936
  • Anthene musagetes elgonensis ab. latefasciata Stempffer, 1944

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.

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References

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