Anthene princeps
| Cupreous Hairtail | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Anthene |
| Species: | A. princeps |
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| Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876)[1] | |
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The Cupreous Hairtail (Anthene princeps) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Africa.
The wingspan is about 22–27 mm in males and 24–29 mm in females.[2]
The larvae feed on Albiza gummifera.[2]
Subspecies
- Anthene princeps princeps (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, northern Zimbabwe, north-western Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, Free State Province and KwaZulu-Natal)
- Anthene princeps smithii (Mabille, 1877) (Madagascar)
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