Anthene hades

Anthene hades
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species: A. hades
Binomial name
Anthene hades
(Bethune-Baker, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Triclema hades Bethune-Baker, 1910
  • Anthene (Triclema) hades

Anthene hades, the Black Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Uele, Tshuapa, Equateur, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests, open country in the forest zone and Guinea savanna.

Adults have been recorded feeding from flowers. Males are also known to mud-puddle.

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