Anthene larydas

Anthene larydas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Anthene
Species: A. larydas
Binomial name
Anthene larydas
(Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio larydas Cramer, 1780
  • Anthene (Anthene) larydas
  • Hesperia perides Fabricius, 1793

Anthene larydas, the Spotted Hairtail or Common Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests and Guinea savanna.

Adult males mud-puddle and are also attracted to sand soaked by urine as well as by human sweat.

The larvae feed on Acacia farnesiana, Afzelia species, Albizia gummifera, Albizia zygia, Dichrostachys glomerata and Hypericum species. They are associated with the ant species Pheidole aurivillii race kasaiensis, Camponotus akwapimensis var. poultoni and Crematogaster striatula var. horati.

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