Anthene wilsoni
| Anthene wilsoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Anthene |
| Species: | A. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)[1] | |
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Anthene wilsoni, Wilson’s Hairtail or Wilson’s Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia, north-eastern Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia and north-eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of wet parkland savanna and dry savanna.
Adults are on wing from late November to mid February.
The larvae feed on Entada abyssinica and Acacia abyssinica. They are associated with an unspecified ant species, living ants’ nests in hollow trees. The larvae are shaped and coloured like a Woodlouse.
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