Anthene butleri
| Pale Hairtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Anthene |
| Species: | A. butleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthene butleri (Oberthür, 1880)[1] | |
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The Pale Hairtail or Butler's Ciliate Blue (Anthene butleri) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. In South Africa it is found in coastal lowland forest in KwaZulu-Natal, from the coast to Kosi Bay, inland across the Makathini Flats.
The wingspan is 23–28 mm for males and 25–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak in the warmer months.[2]
The larvae feed on Kalanchoe crenata, Kalanchoe lugardii and Cotyledon species, including Cotyledon orbiculata .
Subspecies
- Anthene butleri butleri (Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, north-west Kenya)
- Anthene butleri arabicus Gabriel, 1954 (Yemen)
- Anthene butleri galla Stempffer, 1947 (northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia)
- Anthene butleri livida (Trimen, 1881) (Cape, Orange Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania)
- Anthene butleri stempfferi Storace, 1954 (Kenya: central to the Teita Hills, Tanzania)
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