Anthene butleri

Pale hairtail

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. butleri
Binomial name
*Anthene butleri* (Oberthür, 1880)^[1]
Synonyms
Lycaena (Lampides) butleri Oberthür, 1880 Lycaenesthes livida Trimen, 1881 Anthene livida galla Stempffer, 1947 Anthene livida stempfferi Storace, 1954

Anthene butleri, the pale hairtail or Butler's ciliate blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. In South Africa it is found in coastal lowland forest in KwaZulu-Natal, from the coast to Kosi Bay, inland across the Makathini Flats.

The wingspan is 23–28 mm for males and 25–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with a peak in the warmer months.^[2]

The larvae feed on Kalanchoe crenata, Kalanchoe lugardii and Cotyledon species, including Cotyledon orbiculata .

Subspecies

A. b. butleri (Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, north-west Kenya)
A. b. arabicus Gabriel, 1954 (Yemen)
A. b. galla Stempffer, 1947 (northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia)
A. b. livida (Trimen, 1881) (Cape, Orange Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania)
A. b. stempfferi Storace, 1954 (Kenya: central to the Teita Hills, Tanzania)

References

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↑ Anthene at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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