Anthene lusones

Anthene lusones
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. lusones
Binomial name
Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
Lycaenesthes lusones Hewitson, 1874 Anthene (Neurellipes) lusones Lycaenesthes maeander Plötz, 1880 Lycaena fulvimacula Mabille, 1890

Anthene lusones, the Large Red-spot Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Anthene lusones lusones (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba)
• Anthene lusones fulvimacula (Mabille, 1890) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

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