Anthene sylvanus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Anthene |
| Species: | A. sylvanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)[1] | |
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Anthene sylvanus, the Common Indigo Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense Guinea savanna.
Adult males are attracted to damp spots on forest paths and roads.
The green larvae feed on the leaves of an unidentified plant. They are associated with the ant species Pheidole aurivillii race kasaiensis and Camponotus akwapimensis var. poultoni.
Subspecies
- Anthene sylvanus sylvanus (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo: Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Tshopo, Kinshasa, Cataractes, Sankuru, Mamiema, Lualaba, Tanganika and Shaba)
- Anthene sylvanus albicans (Grünberg, 1910) (southern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Anthene sylvanus niveus Stempffer, 1954 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Equator)
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