Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Polyommatinae

600x400 (~73Kb) underside India: Subansiri, 31.10.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

• Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891) Sierra Leone - Uganda, Angola. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes rubricinctus Holland, 1891; Psyche 6: 51; TL: Kangwe, Ogowe River

  • Anthene (Anthene) rubricinctus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene rubricincta;
  • Anthene rubricinctus derubescens; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene rubricinctus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes rubricincta; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 100, pl. 22, f. 11-12
  • Lycaenesthes rubricinctus; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 21
  • A. r. rubricinctus Guinea - Nigeria, Zaire

    • Lycaenesthes musagetes Holland, 1893; Ent. News. 4 (1): 25; TL: Gaboon
      • = Anthene rubricincta; Clench, 1963, Entomol. News 74: (43-49) ; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 366
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) rubricinctus rubricinctus; [AfrL]
    • Anthene musagetes; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 8
    • Anthene rubricincta rubricincta; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 366; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194
    • Anthene rubricinctus rubricinctus; [BAFR], 526 (text); [iNaturalist]
    • Lycaenesthes musagetes; Strand, 1909, Ent. Zs. 23 (27): 125; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 21, pl. 5, f. 5
  • A. r. anadema (Druce, 1905) Angola, S.Zaire, N.Zambia, Malawi

    • Lycaenesthes anadema Druce, 1905; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1905 (2): 258; TL: N.W. Rhodesia

    • Anthene (Anthene) rubricinctus anadema; [AfrL]
    • Anthene anadema; [iNaturalist]
    • Anthene rubricinctus anadema; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 526 (text); [CoL]
    • Lycaenesthes anadema; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 22
  • A. r. jeanneli Stempffer, 1961 W.Kenya, Uganda, E.Zaire

    • Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli Stempffer, 1961; Ann. Mus. Afr. Centr. (8) 94: 64 (repl. elgonensis Stempffer, 1936)
    • Anthene musagetes elgonensis Stempffer, 1936; Revue Fr. Ent. 3: 135 (preocc.)
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [AfrL]
    • Anthene musagetes elgonensis ab. latefasciata Stempffer, 1944; Revue Fr. Ent. 10: 50; TL: Malange
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) rubricinctus jeanneli; [AfrL]
    • Anthene jeanneli; [iNaturalist]
    • Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 526; [BK]: 214, pl. 21, f. 275; [CoL]
    • Anthene rubricinctus jeanneli f. latefasciata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194
• Anthene ituria (Bethune-Baker, 1910) NE.Zaire, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes ituria Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 22, pl. 1, f. 4, pl. 5, f. 6; TL: Beni; Makala; Mawambe (Congo Free State)

  • Anthene (Anthene) ituria; [AfrL]
  • Anthene ituria; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 526; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene saddacus (Talbot, 1935) Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes saddacus Talbot, 1935; Ent. mon. Mag. 71: 123; TL: Ethiopia

  • Anthene (Anthene) saddacus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene saddacus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 526; [CoL]
• Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910) E.Rhodesia - Malawi - Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes chirinda Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 27, pl. 1, f. 10; TL: Chirinda Forest, Gazaland, 3600ft

  • Anthene (Anthene) chirinda; [AfrL]
  • Anthene chirinda; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 526; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 28 (text only); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924) Sierra Leone - Kenya, Ethiopia - Burundi. See [maps] Schouteden's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaenesthes schoutedeni Hulstaert, 1924; Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12: 181

  • Anthene (Anthene) schoutedeni; [AfrL]
  • Anthene schoutedeni; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 366; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 526; [BK]: 214, pl. 21, f. 276; [CoL]
• Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874) Cameroun, Angola, Malawi, E.Zaïre, Tanzania - Kenya. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes ligures Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 349; TL: Angola
  • Lycaenesthes amanica Strand, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (27): 125; TL: Amani
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [AfrL]
  • Lycaenesthes ukerewensis ab. pauperula Strand, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (27): 125
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [AfrL]
  • Lycaenesthes ochreofascia Talbot, 1935; Ent. mon. Mag. 71: 123; TL: Uganda
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) ligures; [AfrL]
  • Anthene ligures amanica; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene ligures insularis; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene ligures ligures; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene ligures pauperula; [CoL]
  • Anthene ligures; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 47-48; [BAFR], 526; [BK]: 215, pl. 21, f. 277; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Anthene ochreofascia; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes ligures; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 220, pl. 90, f. 1-2; Strand, 1909, Ent. Zs. 23 (27): 124; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 23, pl. 5, f. 7
  • Lycaenesthes pauperula; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 84

  Larva on Celtis [BK]

• Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991 W.Kenya (Kakamega). See [maps] Bjørnstad's Ciliate Blue

  • Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991; in Larsen, The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history: 215, 440, f. A1, pl. 22, f. 277a; TL: Kakamega Forest, Kenya

  • Anthene (Anthene) bjoernstadi; [AfrL]
• Anthene ukerewensis (Strand, 1909) Lake Victoria (Ukerewe I.). See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes ukerewensis Strand, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (28): 126; TL: German E.Africa, Port Muasa, Neuwied Ukerewe
    • = Lycaenesthes lemnos; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 83

  • Anthene (Anthene) ukerewensis; [AfrL]
  • Anthene ukerewensis riftensis; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene ukerewensis ukerewensis; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene ukerewensis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 526 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes afra Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 27, pl. 1, f. 12; TL: Makala, Congo Free State
  • Lycaenesthes lysias Hulstaert, 1924; Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12: 181
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) afra; [AfrL]
  • Anthene afra afra; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene afra azurea; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene afra; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 526; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene ruwenzoricus (Grünberg, 1912) Uganda-Zaire border

  • Lycaenesthes ruwenzoricus Grünberg, 1912; Ergeb. Dt. Z.-Afr. Exped. 3 (Zool. 1): 543; TL: N of Albert-Edward-See, Ruwenzoeri

  • Anthene (Anthene) ruwenzoricus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene ruwenzorica; [BAFR], 527
  • Anthene ruwenzoricus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [CoL]
• Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Angola, Zaïre, Uganda, Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes alberta Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 28, pl. 1, f. 11; TL: Congo (Makala)

  • Anthene (Anthene) alberta; [AfrL]
  • Anthene alberta; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 527; [BK]: 215, pl. 22, f. 278; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene sheppardi Stevenson, 1940 Rhodesia, NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts.). See [maps]

  • Anthene sheppardi Stevenson, 1940; J. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 3: 103, pl. 12, f. 2a-b, 6a-b

  • Anthene (Anthene) sheppardi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene sheppardi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 527; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene definita (Butler, 1899) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes definita Butler, 1899; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (23): 342
  • ?fasciata (Ungemach, 1932) (Lycaenesthes); Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 32: 87; TL: (?preocc.)

  • Anthene (Anthene) definita; [AfrL]
  • Anthene definita fasciata; [CoL]
  • Anthene definita; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 367; [PBSA]; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 28; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes definita; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 26, pl. 1, f. 5-6

  Larva on Schmidelia africana, Mangifera indica, Myrica aethiopica, Acacia karroo, A. cyanophylla, Albizia distachya, Schotia sp., Bersama sp., Pappea sp., Kalanchoe sp. [PBSA]

  • A. d. definita S.Africa - E.Africa, Uganda, Cape, SE.Guinea (Nimba Mts.) Common Ciliate Blue

    • Anthene (Anthene) definita definita; [AfrL]
    • Anthene definita definita; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 527; [BK]: 215, pl. 22, f. 279; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Harpephyllum , Mangifera , Rhus , Crassula , Kalanchoe , Acacia , Albizia , Schotia , Bersama , Myrica , Rosa , Allophylus , Pappea , Schmidelia [BK]

  • A. d. nigrocaudata (Pagenstecher, 1902) Ethiopia

    • Lycaenesthes nigrocaudata Pagenstecher, 1902; Jahrb. Nassau Ver. Naturk. 55: 156
      • = Anthene definita definita; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191
    • Lycaenesthes ligures var. liguroides Strand, 1911; Ent. Rundsch. 28: 138; TL: Eli
      • = ; [AfrL]
    • Lycaenesthes fasciata Ungemach, 1932; Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 32: 87
      • = Anthene definita liguroides; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) definita nigrocaudata; [AfrL]
    • Anthene definita liguroides; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191
    • Anthene definita nigrocaudata; [BAFR], 527 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene hobleyi (Neave, 1904) Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zaïre. See [maps] Hobley's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaenesthes hobleyi Neave, 1904; Novit. Zool. 11: 339; TL: ?E or NE of Victoria Nyanza

  • Anthene (Anthene) hobleyi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene hobleyi; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 32; [BK]: 216, pl. 22, f. 280; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes hobleyi; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 24, pl. 1, f. 9, pl. 6, f. 10
  • A. h. hobleyi Kenya

    • Anthene (Anthene) hobleyi hobleyi; [AfrL]
    • Anthene hobleyi hobleyi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 527 (text); [BK], 216 (note); [iNaturalist]
  • A. h. elgonensis (Aurivillius, 1925) W.Kenya, E.Uganda

    • Lycaenesthes pauperula var. elgonensis Aurivillius, 1925; Ent. Tidskr. 46: 210

    • Anthene (Anthene) hobleyi elgonensis; [AfrL]
    • Anthene hobleyi elgonensis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 527; [BK], 216 (note); [CoL]
  • A. h. kigezi Stempffer, 1961 SE.Uganda, NE.Zaire, Rwanda?, Burundi?

    • Anthene hobleyi kigezi Stempffer, 1961; Ann. Mus. Afr. Centr. (8) 94: 63; TL: Kigezi, Mafuga Forest

    • Anthene (Anthene) hobleyi kigezi; [AfrL]
    • Anthene hobleyi kigezi; [BAFR], 527 (text); Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. h. teita Stempffer, 1961 SE.Kenya (Teita Hills)

    • Anthene hobleyi teita Stempffer, 1961; Ann. Mus. Afr. Centr. (8) 94: 63; TL: SE.Kenya, Voi, Teita Hills

    • Anthene (Anthene) hobleyi teita; [AfrL]
    • Anthene hobleyi teita; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 527 (text); [BK], 216 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. h. ufipa Kielland, 1990 Tanzania

    • Anthene hobleyi ufipa Kielland, 1990; Butterflies of Tanzania: 203; TL: Ufipa, Mbuzi Mt, 2000m

    • Anthene (Anthene) hobleyi ufipa; [AfrL]
    • Anthene hobleyi ufipa; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes lemnos Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 221, pl. 90, f. 13-14; TL: Delagoa Bay

  • Anthene (Anthene) lemnos; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lemnos; [EBW]; [PBSA]; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 43-44; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes lemnos; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 30, pl. 6, f. 11; Strand, 1909, Ent. Zs. 23 (27): 124

  Larva on Micrococca berberidae [PBSA]

  • A. l. lemnos Natal, Mozambique - Rhodesia, Malawi

    • Anthene (Anthene) lemnos lemnos; [AfrL]
    • Anthene lemnos lemnos; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BAFR], 527; [iNaturalist]
  • A. l. loa (Strand, 1911) NE.Tanzania, E.Kenya (coast) Large Ciliate Blue

    • Lycaenesthes loa Strand, 1911; Archiv Naturg. 77 (1): 196

    • Anthene (Anthene) lemnos loa; [AfrL]
    • Anthene lemnos loa; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BAFR], 527 (text); [BK]: 216, pl. 22, f. 281; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Rhodesia, E.Zaïre, Kenya. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes indefinita Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 25, pl. 1, f. 7-8, pl. 5, f. 9; TL: Kikuyu, 6000ft; Toro; Nairobi; Uganda
  • Lycaenesthes bigamica Strand, 1911; Archiv Naturg. 77 (1): 197
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [AfrL]
  • Anthene indefinita f. oculata Stempffer, 1946; Rev. Fr. Ent. 13: 15
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) indefinita; [AfrL]
  • Anthene indefinita indefinita; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene indefinita oculata; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene indefinita; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 527; [BK]: 216, pl. 22, f. 282; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene indefinita f. oculata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191
• Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio sylvanus Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: pl. 3, f. 2-3
    • = Polyommatus larydas; Godart, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 619
  • silvanus (Herbst, 1804) (Papilio); in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 11: 49, pl. 303, f. 5-6

  • Anthene (Anthene) sylvanus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene silvanus; [CoL]
  • Anthene sylvanus; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 14; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes silvanus[sic, sylvanus]; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 43, pl. 8, f. 20
  • Lycaenesthes sylvanus; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 222, pl. 92, f. 41
  • A. s. sylvanus Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast - Nigeria

    • Papilio moncus Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2: 113; TL: Cayenne
      • = ?; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194 ♀
      • = ; [AfrL]
    • Tmolus syllidus Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (5): 76
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [AfrL]
    • Lycaena locra Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 203; TL: Bonjongo (Camerons-Geb.)
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [AfrL]
    • Pseudodipsas sylvanus var. natalensis Staudinger, 1888; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (19): 273, (17): pl. 94
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) sylvanus sylvanus; [AfrL]
    • Anthene locra; [CoL]
    • Anthene sylvanus natalensis; [CoL]
    • Anthene sylvanus sylvanus; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 370; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 528
    • Lycaenesthes moncus; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 223
    • Tmolus moncus; Butler, [1870], Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: 188, pl. 2, f. 10
  • A. s. albicans (Grünberg, 1910) Lake Victoria (Sesse I., Bugalla I.)

    • Lycaenesthes ukerewensis var. albicans Grünberg, 1910; S.B. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1910 (4): 153
    • Anthene sylvanus bugalla Stempffer & Jackson, 1962; Proc. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 31 (3-4): 34; TL: Uganda, Sesse Isles
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) sylvanus albicans; [AfrL]
    • Anthene sylvanus albicans; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 528; [CoL]
    • Anthene sylvanus bugalla; [CoL]
    • Anthene ukerewensis albicans; [iNaturalist]
  • A. s. niveus Stempffer, 1954 Belgian Congo

    • Anthene sylvanus niveus Stempffer, 1954; Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge (8) 27: 36

    • Anthene (Anthene) sylvanus niveus; [AfrL]
    • Anthene sylvanus niveus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [CoL]
• Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893) Natal, Transvaal, Malawi. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes millari Trimen, 1893; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2): 133, pl. 8, f. 9; TL: Natal, Estcourt

  • Anthene (Anthene) millari; [AfrL]
  • Anthene millari; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 7; [BAFR], 528; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes millari; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 35, pl. 6, f. 13
• Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935) SW.Ethiopia, S.Sudan, E.Uganda, Kenya. See [maps] Wilson's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaenesthes wilsoni Talbot, 1935; Ent. mon. Mag. 71: 121; TL: SW.Abyssinia, Kuron River

  • Anthene (Anthene) wilsoni; [AfrL]
  • Anthene wilsoni; [BAFR], 528; [BK]: 217, pl. 22, f. 284; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Cupidesthes wilsoni; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 188

  Larva on Entada , Acacia [BK]

• Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868) Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, E.Africa. See [maps] Trimen's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaena otacilia Trimen, 1868; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1868 (1): 90
  • Anthene otacilia; [BK]: 217-218, f. 14, pl. 22, f. 285

  • Anthene (Anthene) otacilia; [AfrL]
  • Anthene otacilia; [PBSA]; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 7 (text only); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes otacilia; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 37, pl. 2, f. 1, pl. 6, f. 14

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Lycaenesthes otacilia; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 228, pl. 92, f. 35-37
    • = Anthene hewitsoni; Aurivillius, 1899, K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 347
    • = Anthene lunulata lunulata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192

  Usually attended by Crematogaster ants [BK].

  Larva on Acacia karroo, Acacia spp.? [PBSA], Dichrostachys [BK]

  • A. o. otacilia South Africa, Rhodesia, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania

    • Azanus tongidensis Bethune-Baker, 1926; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 17: 401
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) otacilia otacilia; [AfrL]
    • Anthene otacilia otacilia; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 528; [iNaturalist]
  • A. o. dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902) Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya

    • Lycaenesthes dulcis Pagenstecher, 1902; Jahrb. Nassau Ver. Naturk. 55: 156; TL: Ethiopia
      • = Anthene otacilia otacilia; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193

    • Anthene (Anthene) otacilia dulcis; [AfrL]
    • Anthene dulcis dulcis; [iNaturalist]
    • Anthene dulcis xerophila; [iNaturalist]
    • Anthene dulcis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Anthene otacilia dulcis; [BAFR], 528 (text)
  • A. o. benadirensis Stempffer, 1947 Kenya, Somalia

    • Anthene otacilia benadirensis Stempffer, 1947; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 52 (3): 39
      • = Anthene otacilia dulcis; [AfrL]

    • Anthene benadirensis; [iNaturalist]
    • Anthene otacilia benadirensis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BK], 217, (note)
• Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Kenya, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes otacilla var. kikuyu Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 37, pl. 2, f. 2; TL: Kikuyu District, 5000-6000ft

  • Anthene (Anthene) kikuyu; [AfrL]
  • Anthene kikuyu kikuyu; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene kikuyu separata; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene kikuyu; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene otacilia kikuyu; [BK], 217 (note); [BAFR], 528 (text); [CoL]
• Anthene pitmani Stempffer, 1936 Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Anthene pitmani Stempffer, 1936; Revue Fr. Ent. 3: 139; TL: Hoey's Bridge, Kenya

  • Anthene (Anthene) pitmani; [AfrL]
  • Anthene pitmani aethiopana; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene pitmani; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. p. pitmani Kenya Pitman's Ciliate Blue

    • Anthene (Anthene) pitmani pitmani; [AfrL]
    • Anthene pitmani pitmani; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 528; [BK]: 218, f. 14, pl. 22, f. 287; [iNaturalist]

    Usually attended by Crematogaster ants [BK].

    Larva on Acacia , Dichrostachys [BK]

  • A. p. somalina Stempffer, 1936 Somalia

    • Anthene pitmani somalina Stempffer, 1936; Revue Fr. Ent. 3: 140; TL: Somaliland

    • Anthene (Anthene) pitmani somalina; [AfrL]
    • Anthene pitmani somalina; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 528; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene contrastata Ungemach, 1932 Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Ethiopia, Somalia - Zimbabve. See [maps] Tiny Ciliate Blue

  • Anthene contrastata Ungemach, 1932; Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 32: 88

  • Anthene (Anthene) contrastata; [AfrL]
  • Anthene contrastata; [BK]: 218, f. 14, pl. 22, f. 286; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. c. contrastata Ethiopia, Arabia

    • Anthene (Anthene) contrastata contrastata; [AfrL]
    • Anthene contrastata contrastata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 528 (text); [BK], 218 (note)
  • A. c. turkana Stempffer, 1936 N.Kenya, Somalia, NE.Uganda

    • Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936; Revue Fr. Ent. 3: 137

    • Anthene (Anthene) contrastata turkana; [AfrL]
    • Anthene contrastata turkana; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 528 (text); [BK], 218 (note); [CoL]
  • A. c. mashuna (Stevenson, 1937) Rhodesia - Kenya

    • Lycaenesthes otacilia mashuna Stevenson, 1937; Occ. Pap. Rhod. Mus. 1 (6): 31; TL: S.Rhodesia
      • = Anthene contrastata contrastata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190

    • Anthene (Anthene) contrastata mashuna; [AfrL]
    • Anthene constrastata mashuna; [BAFR], 529
    • Anthene contrastata mashuna; [BK], 218 (note); [CoL]
• Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936 Cape (Karroo), Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia - Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania. See [maps] Talbot's Ciliate Blue

  • Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 41 (17): 283; TL: Natal

  • Anthene (Anthene) talboti; [AfrL]
  • Anthene talboti; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 529; [BK]: 219, f. 14; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Acacia karroo, Acacia spp., (flowers, leaves) [PBSA]

• Anthene rhodesiana Stempffer, 1962 Rhodesia, Zambia. See [maps]

  • Anthene rhodesiana Stempffer, 1962; Bull. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire (A) 24: 1171; TL: Umtali

  • Anthene (Anthene) rhodesiana; [AfrL]
  • Anthene rhodesiana; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 529; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893) Natal, Zululand, Botswana, not Kenya. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes minima Trimen, 1893; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2): 135, pl. 8, f. 10; TL: Natal, coast districts

  • Anthene (Anthene) minima; [AfrL]
  • Anthene minima minima; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene minima williamsi; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene minima; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 13 (text only); [BAFR], 529; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes minima; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 36
• Anthene suquala (Pagenstecher, 1902) Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes suquala Pagenstecher, 1902; Jahrb. Nassau Ver. Naturk. 55: 155; TL: NE. Africa

  • Anthene (Anthene) suquala; [AfrL]
  • Anthene suquala; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 529 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes suquala; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 38
• Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946 S.Ethiopia, Somalia, NW.Kenya. See [maps]

  • Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946; Rev. Fr. Ent. 13: 16; TL: Somalia

  • Anthene (Anthene) opalina; [AfrL]
  • Anthene opalina; [BAFR], 529; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. o. opalina Opal Ciliate Blue

    • Anthene opalina opalina; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BK]: 219, pl. 22, f. 289; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Acacia ? [BK]

• Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949 Ethiopia, Somalia, NE.Kenya. See [maps]

  • Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 18 (11-12): 214; TL: Ethiopia

  • Anthene (Anthene) janna; [AfrL]
  • Anthene janna; [BAFR], 529; [CoL]
  • Anthene opalina janna; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BK], 219 (note); [iNaturalist]
• Anthene hodsoni (Talbot, 1935) Uganda. See [maps] Hodson's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaenesthes hodsoni Talbot, 1935; Ent. mon. Mag. 71: 125; TL: SW.Abyssinia, Kibish River, 2800ft

  • Anthene (Anthene) hodsoni; [AfrL]
  • Anthene hodsoni; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 33; [BK]: 219, pl. 22, f. 290; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Attended by Pheidole ants? [BK].

  Larva on Acacia ? [BK]

  • A. h. hodsoni SW.Ethiopia, S.Sudan, N.Uganda, NW.Kenya

    • Anthene (Anthene) hodsoni hodsoni; [AfrL]
    • Anthene hodsoni hodsoni; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 529; [BK], 219 (note)
  • A. h. usamba (Talbot, 1937) N.Kenya

    • Lycaenesthes hodsoni usamba Talbot, 1937; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86: 68; TL: Ngong, Kenya

    • Anthene (Anthene) hodsoni usamba; [AfrL]
    • Anthene hodsoni usamba; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 529 (text); [BK], 219 (note); [CoL]
    • Anthene usamba; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876) Africa (south of Sahara), Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes princeps Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 484

  • Anthene (Anthene) princeps; [AfrL]
  • Anthene princeps; [PBSA]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes princeps; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 228; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 31, pl. 1, f. 17, pl. 7, f. 15

  Larva on Entada abyssinica [PBSA]

  • A. p. princeps Africa (south of Sahara)

    • Lycaenesthes neglecta Trimen, 1891; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (1): 175
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [AfrL]
    • Lycaenesthes uganda Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 32; TL: Entebbe, Uganda
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) princeps princeps; [AfrL]
    • Anthene princeps princeps; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 367; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 529; [BK]: 220, pl. 22, f. 291
    • Anthene princeps ugandae[sic, uganda]; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194
    • Anthenes neglecta; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 9

    Larva on Millettia [BK]

  • A. p. smithii (Mabille, 1877) Madagascar

    • Lycaena smithii Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 7: lxxii; TL: Madagascar
    • Lycaenesthes lochias Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 221, pl. 90, f. 7-8; TL: Madagascar
      • = Anthene princeps smithi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193
      • = ; [AfrL]
    • Lycaenesthes mabillei Lathy, 1921; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 8 (44): 208; TL: Marsantsetia, N.E. Madagascar
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) princeps smithii; [AfrL]
    • Anthene princeps smithi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 529 (text); [CoL]
    • Anthene princeps smithi f. mabillei; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193
    • Anthene princeps smithii; [MadL]
    • Anthene smithii; [iNaturalist]
    • Lycaenesthes smithi; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 31, pl. 1, f. 13
• Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874) Sierra Leone - Kenya - to (Malawi, Rhodesia, Angola). See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes liodes Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 349; TL: Gaboon
    • = Lycaenesthes sichela; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 222
  • Lycaena adherbal Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3): 217
    • = Anthene liodes liodes; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
    • = ; [AfrL]
  • Lycaenesthes monteironis Kirby, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 223; TL: Angola; Calabar
    • = Anthene liodes liodes; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
    • = ; [AfrL]
  • Lycaenesthes bihe Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 34; TL: Bihe District, Angola
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) liodes; [AfrL]
  • Anthene liodes bihe; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene liodes liodes; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene liodes monteironis; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene liodes; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 367; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 44 (text only); [BAFR], 530; [BK]: 220, pl. 22, f. 292; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Anthene liodes f. bihe; [BAFR], 530 (note, dry season form)
  • Lycaenesthes liodes; Strand, 1909, Ent. Zs. 23 (27): 125; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 32, pl. 1, f. 14

  Usually with ants[BK]

  Larva on Mangifera , Combretum , Myrica , Schmidelia [BK]

• Anthene collinsi D'Abrera, 1980 W.Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Anthene collinsi D'Abrera, 1980; : 530, fig.; TL: Gore, W. Ethiopia

  • Anthene (Anthene) collinsi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene collinsi; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene barnesi Stevenson, 1940 E.Rhodesia. See [maps]

  • Anthene barnesi Stevenson, 1940; J. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 3: 106, pl. 11, f. 11a-b, pl. 12, f. 4a-b

  • Anthene (Anthene) barnesi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene barnesi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 530; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene hobleyi barnesi; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin, C.A.R.Angola, Zambia, Rhodesia, Malawi, Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 36, pl. 1, f. 16; TL: Fort Jameson, NE.Rhodesia, Lakes Bangweolo and Tanganyika

  • Anthene (Anthene) nigropunctata; [AfrL]
  • Anthene nigropunctata; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 367; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 530; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene butleri (Oberthür, 1880) -. See [maps] Butler's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaena (Lampides) butleri Oberthür, 1880; Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 15: 170, pl. 1, f. 2

  • Anthene (Anthene) butleri; [AfrL]
  • Anthene butleri; [BK]: 220, pl. 22, f. 293; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lampides butleri; [CoL]
  • A. b. butleri Ethiopia, S.Sudan, N.Uganda, NW.Kenya

    • Anthene (Anthene) butleri butleri; [AfrL]
    • Anthene butleri butleri; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 530; [BK], 220 (note); [iNaturalist]
  • A. b. arabicus Gabriel, 1954 SW.Arabia

    • Anthene butleri arabicus Gabriel, 1954; Exped. S.W. Arabia 1937-38, 1: 379; TL: Jebel Jihaf, Shima

    • Anthene (Anthene) butleri arabicus; [AfrL]
    • Anthene butleri arabicus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 530 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. b. galla Stempffer, 1947 N.Kenya, S.Ethiopia

    • Anthene livida galla Stempffer, 1947; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 52 (3): 38; TL: Maji, Ethiophia

    • Anthene (Anthene) butleri galla; [AfrL]
    • Anthene butleri galla; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 530 (text); [BK], 220 (note)
    • Anthene livida galla; [CoL]
  • A. b. livida (Trimen, 1881) Cape, Orange Free State, Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Moçambique, Tanzania

    • Lycaenesthes livida Trimen, 1881; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1881 (3): 443; TL: South Africa

    • Anthene (Anthene) butleri livida; [AfrL]
    • Anthene butleri livida; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 530 (text)
    • Anthene livida livida; [iNaturalist]
    • Anthene livida; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Lycaenesthes livida; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 34, pl. 4, f. 12
    • ?Anthene lirida[sic, livida]; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 49

    Larva on Klanchoe crenata, K. lugardii, Cotyledon spp. [PBSA]

  • A. b. stempfferi Storace, 1954 Kenya, Tanzania

    • Anthene butleri stempfferi Storace, 1954; Ann. Mus. Civ. Nat. Giacomo Doria 66: 321; TL: Mt Elgon

    • Anthene (Anthene) butleri stempfferi; [AfrL]
    • Anthene butleri stempfferi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BK], 220 (note); [CoL]
    • Anthene livida stempfferi; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene rubrimaculata (Strand, 1909) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes rubrimaculata Strand, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (28): 127; TL: Amani
    • = Lycaenesthes lasti; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 84

  • Anthene (Anthene) rubrimaculata; [AfrL]
  • Anthene rubrimaculata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 531; [BK], 217 (note: not in Kenya); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. r. rubrimaculata NE.Tanzania

    • Anthene (Anthene) rubrimaculata rubrimaculata; [AfrL]
    • Anthene rubrimaculata rubrimaculata; [iNaturalist]
  • A. r. tukuyu Kielland, 1990 SW.Tanzania

    • Anthene rubrimaculata tukuyu Kielland, 1990; Butterflies of Tanzania: 207; TL: Tukuyu, Musekera, 1100m

    • Anthene (Anthene) rubrimaculata tukuyu; [AfrL]
    • Anthene rubrimaculata tukuyu; [iNaturalist]
  • A. r. zanzibarica Congdon & Collins, 1998 Zanzibar

    • Anthene rubrimaculata zanzibarica Congdon & Collins, 1998; Suppl. butts. Tanzania: 102

    • Anthene (Anthene) rubrimaculata zanzibarica; [AfrL]
• Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894) from (E.Rhodesia - Malawi) - E.Tanzania, E.Kenya. See [maps] Last's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaenesthes lasti Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 109, pl. 24, f. 1-2; TL: Mombasa

  • Anthene (Anthene) lasti; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lasti nigrescens; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene lasti; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 42; [BAFR], 531; [BK]: 217, pl. 22, f. 283; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes lasti; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 29
• Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894) Senegal - Zaire, Sudan, W.Kenya, Angola, Rhodesia. See [maps] Red Spot Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaenesthes lunulata Trimen, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 51, pl. 6, f. 12; TL: Umtali, Mineni Valleu
  • Lycaenesthes sanguinea Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 41, pl. 2, f. 3, pl. 7, f. 18; TL: Bihe District; Angola; NE.Rhodesia
    • = ; [AfrL]
  • magna (Hulstaert, 1924) (Lycaenesthes); Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12: 182
  • Lycanesthes hewitsoni Aurivillius, 1899; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 347 (nom. nov. Lycaenesthes otacilia Hewitson, 1878)
    • = Anthene lunulata lunulata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
    • = ; [AfrL]
  • Lycaenesthes grosei Aurivillius, 1899; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 348
    • = Anthene lunulata lunulata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
    • = ; [AfrL]
  • Lycaenesthes lunulata aquilonis Hulstaert, 1924; Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12: 181
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) lunulata; [AfrL]
  • Anthene hewitsoni; [CoL]
  • Anthene lunulata aquilonis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
  • Anthene lunulata grosei; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene lunulata lunulata; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 370; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene lunulata; [PBSA]; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 1-2; [BK]: 221, pl. 22, f. 294; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene lunulata f. magna; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
  • Anthene lunulata f. sanguinea; [BAFR], 531 (note)
  • Anthene sanguinea; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194
  • Lycaenesthes lunulata; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 40, pl. 2, f. 4-5, pl. 7, f. 17

  Larva on Entada abyssinica, Combretum sp., Brachystegia spiciformis [PBSA], Albizia , Combretum [BK]

• Anthene levis (Hewitson, 1878) Sierra Leone, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Uganda, Zambia. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes levis Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 221, pl. 91, f. 21-22
  • Lycaenesthes levis grisea Talbot, 1935; Ent. mon. Mag. 71: 208; TL: Budongo
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) levis; [AfrL]
  • Anthene levis grisea; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
  • Anthene levis levis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
  • Anthene levis; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 370; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 46; [BAFR], 531; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes levis; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 113, pl. 24, f. 11-13; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 42, pl. 7, f. 19
• Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) Cape, Tropical Africa, Arabia (up to Aqaba). See [maps]

  • Polyommatus amarah Guérin-Méneville, 1849; Voy. Abyssinie: 384, (Atlas): pl. 11, f. 5-6

  • Anthene (Anthene) amarah; [AfrL]
  • Anthene amarah turlini; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene amarah; [EBW]; [PBSA]; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 24; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes amarah; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 228; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 38, pl. 7, f. 16

  Larva on Acacia spp., A. karroo [PBSA]

  • A. a. amarah Leaden Ciliate Blue

    • Lampides olympusa Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (76): 53
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190
      • = Anthene amarah; [AfrL]

    • Anthene amarah amarah; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 531; [BK]: 221, pl. 22, f. 295; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Dichrostachys [BK]

  • A. a. orphna Clench, 1965 Liberia

    • Anthene amarah orphna Clench, 1965; Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 369; TL: Ganta, Liberia
      • = Anthene amarah; [AfrL]

    • Anthene amarah orphna; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 531 (text); [CoL]
• Anthene arnoldi (Jones, 1918) Rhodesia. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes arnoldi Jones, 1918; Proc. Trans. Rhod. scient. Ass. 16 (2): 19

  • Anthene (Anthene) arnoldi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene arnoldi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 531; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene madibirensis (Wichgraf, 1921) S.Tanzania (Madibira). See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes madibirensis Wichgraf, 1921; Int. Ent. Zs. 14 (23): 179; TL: Madibira

  • Anthene (Anthene) madibirensis; [AfrL]
  • Anthene madibirensis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 531; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene larydas (Cramer, [1780]) Natal, Zululand, Rhodesia, Moçambique, W.Africa, C.Africa - W.Kenya. See [maps] Spotted Ciliated Blue

  • Papilio larydas Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 160, pl. 282, f. H
  • Hesperia pericles Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 273
    • = Lycaenesthes larydas; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 222
    • = Anthene larydas larydas; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192

  • Anthene (Anthene) larydas; [AfrL]
  • Anthene larydas larydas; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 371; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
  • Anthene larydas; [EBW]; [PBSA]; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 39-41; [BAFR], 531; [BK]: 221, pl. 22, f. 296; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Anthene sylvanus larydas; [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes larydas; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 222, pl. 92, f. 40; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 44, pl. 8, f. 21
  • Lycaenesthes larydos[sic, larydas]; Strand, 1909, Ent. Zs. 23 (27): 124

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Polyommatus larydas; Godart, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 619

  Larva on Acacia kraussiana, Albizia spp. [PBSA], Acacia , Afzelia , Albizia , Dichrostachys , Hypericum [BK]

• Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871) Natal - Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi. See [maps] Kersten's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaena kersteni Gerstaecker, 1871; Archiv Naturg. 37 (1): 359; TL: Mbaramu

  • Anthene (Anthene) kersteni; [AfrL]
  • Anthene kersteini[sic, kersteni]; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
  • Anthene kersteni; [BAFR], 531; [BK]: 221; [CoL]

  Larva on Acacia , Albizia [BK]

• Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922) Ethiopia, Kenya?. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes rothschildi Aurivillius, 1922; Lep. Rhop., Voy. Rothschild: 364; TL: Ethiopia, Koulala

  • Anthene (Anthene) rothschildi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene rothschildi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 532 (text); [BK], 222 (note); [CoL]
• Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899) -. See [maps] Crawshay's Ciliate Blue

  • Lycaenesthes crawshayi Butler, 1899; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (23): 342; TL: Nyasaland
  • Lycaenesthes crawshayi ab. parallela Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 450

  • Anthene (Anthene) crawshayi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene crawshayi parallela; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191
  • Anthene crawshayi vuattouxi; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene crawshayi; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 371; [BK]: 222, pl. 22, f. 298; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes crawshayi; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 45, pl. 2, f. 6, pl. 8, f. 22

  Larva on Acacia , Entada [BK]

  • A. c. crawshayi Malawi - Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda

    • Anthene (Anthene) crawshayi crawshayi; [AfrL]
    • Anthene crawshayi crawshayi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 532; [BK], 222 (note); [iNaturalist]
  • A. c. marginata (Hulstaert, 1924) Zaire, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

    • crawshayi marginata (Hulstaert, 1924) (Lycaenesthes); Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12: 182 [?131]

    • Anthene crawshayi marginata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 532 (text); [CoL]
  • A. c. minuta (Bethune-Baker, 1916) N.Kenya

    • Lycaenesthes crawshayi var. minuta Bethune-Baker, 1916; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916 (2): 277; TL: Dilling
    • Lycaenesthes crawshayi f. albilunata Ungemach, 1932; Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 32: 88
      • = ; [AfrL]
    • Lycaenesthes sobrina Talbot, 1935; Ent. mon. Mag. 71: 208
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) crawshayi minuta; [AfrL]
    • Anthene crawshayi minuta; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BK], 222 (note); [BAFR], 533 (text); [CoL]
    • Anthene crawshayi sobrina; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191
    • Anthene crawshayi ♀-f. albilunulata[sic, albilunata]; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10:
• Anthene abruptus (Gaede, 1915) Cameroun. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes abruptus Gaede, 1915; Int. ent. Zs. 9 (13): 72; TL: Jaunde-Bezirk, Kamerun

  • Anthene (Anthene) abruptus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene abruptus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 532; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene lachares (Hewitson, 1878) Sierra Leone - Gaboon. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes lachares Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 225, pl. 91, f. 33-34; TL: Cameroons

  • Anthene (Anthene) lachares; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lachares; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 372; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 36-37; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes lachares; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 47, pl. 2, f. 9, pl. 8, f. 24
  • A. l. lachares Sierra Leone - Congo Republic, Gabon, W.Zaire

    • Lycaenesthes pulcher Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 105, pl. 23, f. 9-10
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191 ♂; [AfrL]
    • Lycaenesthes liparis Grose-Smith, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5: 357; TL: Warri
      • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [AfrL]
    • Lycaenesthes lachares var. obsolescens Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 48, pl. 2, f. 8
      • = Anthene lachares; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 372
      • = ; [AfrL]
    • Pseudoliptena bitje Stempffer, 1946; Rev. Fr. Ent. 13: 9, pl. 1, f. 12 (preocc. Lycaenesthes bitje Druce, 1910)
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Anthene) lachares lachares; [AfrL]
    • Anthene lachares lachares; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 532
    • Anthene lachares obsolescens; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191
    • Lycaenesthes liparis; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1901, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 138, pl. 29, f. 4-5
  • A. l. toroensis Stempffer, 1947 E.Zaire, W.Uganda

    • Anthene lachares toroensis Stempffer, 1947; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 52 (3): 40; TL: Bwamba, Toro, Uganda

    • Anthene (Anthene) lachares toroensis; [AfrL]
    • Anthene lachares toroensis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 36 (text only); [BAFR], 532; [CoL]
• Anthene versatilis (Bethune-Baker, 1910) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes versatilis Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 49, pl. 2, f. 10; TL: Gaboon

  • Anthene (Anthene) versatilis; [AfrL]
  • Anthene versatilis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 532; [CoL]
  • A. v. versatilis Gabon

    • Anthene (Anthene) versatilis versatilis; [AfrL]
  • A. v. bitje (Druce, 1910) Liberia, Ivory Coast, Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire

    • Lycaenesthes bitje Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1): 373, pl. 35, f. 15; TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons

    • Anthene (Anthene) versatilis bitje; [AfrL]
    • Anthene bitje; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 372; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 532; [CoL]
    • Lycaenesthes bitje; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 50
• Anthene ramnika D'Abrera, 1980 Cameroun, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Anthene ramnika D'Abrera, 1980; : 532, fig.; TL: Yopole Dist., Buta, B. Congo, 3500ft

  • Anthene (Anthene) ramnika; [AfrL]
  • Anthene ramnika; [CoL]
• Anthene xanthopoecilus (Holland, 1893) Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes xanthopoecilus Holland, 1893; Ent. News. 4 (1): 27; TL: Talaguga
  • Lycaenesthes lukokescha Karsch, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (19/20): 295; TL: Mukenge
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [AfrL]
  • Lycaenesthes lycotas Grose-Smith, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5: 356; TL: Bopoto, Upper Congo
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) xanthopoecilus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene xanthopoecilus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 532; [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes lycotas; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1901, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 137, pl. 29, f. 1-3
  • Lycaenesthes xanthopoecilus; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 51
• Anthene buchholzi (Plötz, 1880) SW.Cameroun. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes buchholzi Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 202; TL: Cameroons (Victoria)

  • Anthene (Anthene) buchholzi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene buchholzi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 532 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes buchholzi; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 50
• Anthene melambrotus (Holland, 1893) SW.Gabon (Ogooué R.). See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes melambrotus Holland, 1893; Ent. News. 4 (1): 27; TL: Kangwé

  • Anthene (Anthene) melambrotus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene melambrotus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 532 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes melambrotus; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 50, pl. 2, f. 11
• Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874) Sierra Leone - Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes lysicles Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 348; TL: Old Calabar

  • Anthene (Anthene) lysicles; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lysicles; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 372; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BAFR], 532; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 4-5; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes lysicles; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 224, pl. 91, f. 15-16; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 46, pl. 2, f. 7, pl. 8, f. 23; Strand, 1909, Ent. Zs. 23 (27): 124
• Anthene discimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) NE.Zaire (Ituri). See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes discimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 96, pl. 16, f. 87-88; TL: Ituri Valley

  • Anthene (Anthene) discimacula; [AfrL]
  • Anthene discimacula; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 532; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene mahota (Grose-Smith, 1887) Liberia - Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes mahota Grose-Smith, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109): 65; TL: Delagoa Bay

  • Anthene (Anthene) mahota; [AfrL]
  • Anthene mahota; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 374; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 533; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 12 (text only); [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes mahota; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 99, pl. 22, f. 7-10; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 59
• Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891) Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire, W.Uganda. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes scintillula Holland, 1891; Psyche 6: 50; TL: Gaboon, Ogove

  • Anthene (Anthene) scintillula; [AfrL]
  • Anthene scintillula; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 374; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 12; [BAFR], 533; [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes scintillula; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 98, pl. 22, f. 3-6; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 60, pl. 3, f. 3, pl. 10, f. 30-31
  • A. s. scintillula E.Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, C.A.R., W.Uganda

    • Anthene (Anthene) scintillula scintillula; [AfrL]
  • A. s. aurea (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Ghana, Ivory Coast, W.Nigeria

    • Lycaenesthes aurea Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 59, pl. 3, f. 2; TL: Begoro, Gold Coast

    • Anthene (Anthene) scintillula aurea; [AfrL]
    • Anthene aurea; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 374; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 533; [CoL]
• Anthene pyroptera (Aurivillius, 1895) C.Zaire - Congo Republic, Gabon, Cameroun. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes pyroptera Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (23/24): 382, pl. 6, f. 3

  • Anthene (Anthene) pyroptera; [AfrL]
  • Anthene pyroptera; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 533; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 10; [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes pyroptera; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 61
• Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898) Nigeria, Cameroons, Congo Republic. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes locuples Grose-Smith, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5: 357; TL: Warri

  • Anthene (Anthene) locuples; [AfrL]
  • Anthene locuples; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BAFR], 533; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 50; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes locuples; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1901, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 138, pl. 29, f. 6-7; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 52
• Anthene erythropoecilus (Holland, 1893) Gabon. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes erythropoecilus Holland, 1893; Ent. News. 4 (1): 26; TL: Talaguga, Ovové Valley

  • Anthene (Anthene) erythropoecilus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene erythropoecilus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 533; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes erythropoecilus; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 57, pl. 3, f. 1
• Anthene makala (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Cameroun, Congo Republic, NE.Zaire (Ituri). See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes makala Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 58, pl. 2, f. 16, pl. 9, f. 27-28; TL: Makala, Congo Free State

  • Anthene (Anthene) makala; [AfrL]
  • Anthene makala; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 534; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 45 (text only); [CoL]
• Anthene leptines (Hewitson, 1874) Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes leptines Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 348; TL: Congo
  • ?arnoldi (Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923) (Lycaenesthes); Zweiten Dt. Zentral-Afrika-Exped. (Zool.) 1 (Lep 3): 1235

  • Anthene (Anthene) leptines; [AfrL]
  • Anthene leptines arnoldi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
  • Anthene leptines leptines; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192
  • Anthene leptines; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 45; [BAFR], 534; [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes leptines; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 226, pl. 91, f. 23-24; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 56, pl. 2, f. 17, pl. 10, f. 29
• Anthene ngoko Stempffer, 1962 Congo Republic. See [maps]

  • Anthene ngoko Stempffer, 1962; Bull. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire (A) 24: 1174; TL: Congo

  • Anthene (Anthene) ngoko; [AfrL]
  • Anthene ngoko; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 534; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 45 (text only); [CoL]
• Anthene lychnaptes (Holland, 1891) Gabon. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes lychnaptes Holland, 1891; Psyche 6: 51; TL: Ogowe River, West Africa
  • Lycaenesthes lychnoptera Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 97, pl. 22 (emend.); TL: Ogowe River, West Africa
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) lychnaptes; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lychnaptes; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BAFR], 534 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes lychnaptes; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 62
• Anthene leptala (Courvoisier, 1914) Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes leptala Courvoisier, 1914; Lepid. Niepeltiana (1): 43, pl. 11, f. 2; TL: Tanzania

  • Anthene (Anthene) leptala; [AfrL]
  • Anthene leptala; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BAFR], 534 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene bakeri (Druce, 1910) C.Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycanesthes bakeri Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1): 374, pl. 34, f. 12; TL: Upper Kasai distr., Congo Free State
  • Lycaenesthes ja Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 58 (nom. nud.)
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) bakeri; [AfrL]
  • Anthene bakeri; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BAFR], 534; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene juba (Fabricius, 1787) Sierra Leone - Cameroun. See [maps]

  • Papilio juba Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 82; TL: Sierra Leone
  • Lycaenesthes (Pseudodipsas) dewitzi Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1): 155, pl. 1, f. 10
    • = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) juba; [AfrL]
  • Anthene juba; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 375; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 34; [BAFR], 534; [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes juba; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 63, pl. 10, f. 32
• Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895) Cameroons, Congo. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes zenkeri Karsch, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (19/20): 293
  • Lycaenesthes zenkeri ab. connexa Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923; Zweiten Dt. Zentral-Afrika-Exped. (Zool.) 1 (Lep 3): 1237
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) zenkeri; [AfrL]
  • Anthene zenkeri; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 195; [BAFR], 534; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 18; [CoL]
  • Anthene zenkeri ab. connexa; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 195
  • Lycaenesthes zenkeri; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 62, pl. 3, f. 4
• Anthene rufomarginata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) NE.Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes rufomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 54, pl. 2, f. 14, pl. 9, f. 26; TL: Makala (Congo Free State); Lake Albert Edward

  • Anthene (Anthene) rufomarginata; [AfrL]
  • Anthene rufomarginata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 535; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 45 (text only); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene katera Talbot, 1937 Uganda, NE.Zaire. See [maps]

  • Anthene katera Talbot, 1937; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86: 68; TL: Ketera

  • Anthene (Anthene) katera; [AfrL]
  • Anthene katera; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 535; [CoL]
• Anthene radiata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Sierra Leone. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes radiata Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 55, pl. 2, f. 15; TL: Sierra Leone

  • Anthene (Anthene) radiata; [AfrL]
  • Anthene radiata; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 372; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 194; [BAFR], 535; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Uganda, Zaire, Congo Republic. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes kampala Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 52, pl. 2, f. 2; TL: Kampala, Uganda

  • Anthene (Anthene) kampala; [AfrL]
  • Anthene kampala; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 535; [CoL]
• Anthene onias (Hulstaert, 1924)

  • Lycaenesthes onias Hulstaert, 1924; Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12: 183; TL: Region de Sasa, Congo

  • Anthene (Anthene) onias; [AfrL]
  • Anthene onias; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 193; [BAFR], 535 (text); [CoL]
• Anthene flavomaculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893) Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun, Angola. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes flavomaculatus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 104, pl. 23, f. 7-8; TL: W.Africa

  • Anthene (Anthene) flavomaculatus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene flavomaculatus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 191; [BAFR], 535; [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes flavomaculatus; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 53, pl. 9, f. 25
• Anthene bipuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) Congo Republic, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes bipuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 96, pl. 15, f. 84-85, pl. 16, f. 86; TL: Cartouche

  • Anthene (Anthene) bipuncta; [AfrL]
  • Anthene bipuncta; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 27; [BAFR], 535; [CoL]
• Anthene lychnides (Hewitson, 1878) Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes lychnides Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 224, pl. 91, f. 32, pl. 92, f. 38; TL: Old Calabar

  • Anthene (Anthene) lychnides; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lychnides; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 192; [BAFR], 535; [CoL]
  • Lycaenesthes lychnides; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 53, pl. 2, f. 13

• Anthene emolus (Godart, [1824]) S.India, Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Bengal, Orissa. See [maps] Ciliate Blue

  • Polyommatus emolus Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 606, 656, no. 133; TL: "Bengal"

  • Anthene emolus; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 257; [BMP]; [BOW]: pl. 174, f. 14; [MRS], 670; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes emolus; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 575; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 97; [BIR], 290

  600x400 (~44Kb) underside India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

  Larva on Saraca indica, Combretum extensum, Terminalia paniculata [BIR], Saraga thaipingensis, (with kerengga ant Oecophylla smaragdina) [BMP]

  • A. e. emolus NW.Himalayas - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan, S.China

    • Lampides balliston Hübner, [1823]; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: 11, pl. [40], f. 229-230 [nom. oblitum]; TL: Georgia
      • = ; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 257
    • Lycaenesthes bengalensis Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 773, pl. 41, f. 9
      • = ; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 257

    • Anthene bengalensis; [CoL]
    • Anthene emolus emolus; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 257, f. 7, 21-22; [BOR], 636; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
    • Lycaenesthes emolus emolus; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 97

    731x807 (~209Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Koh Por River left bank upstream the waterfalls. 13th April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	872x821 (~152Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Tatai village, 'Oculata brook' at Phum Doung bridge, 25th May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1243x1058 (~275Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, a rivulet valley 7 km E of Koh Kong, 25th May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
    883x896 (~186Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, a forest rivulet at foothills 10 km E of Koh Kong, 1st June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	978x930 (~189Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Monduiliri Province, Seima forest, 22.5 km SW Sen Monorom, 17th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1185x1126 (~297Kb) ♀ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Tatai village at Phum Doung Bridge, 11th March 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  • A. e. modesta (Staudinger, 1889) Palawan

    • Pseudodipsas modesta Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1): 104; TL: Palawan

    • Anthene emolus modesta; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 259; [BOR], 636 (name); Takanami, 1992, Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 40; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Lycaenesthes emolus modesta; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 98
  • A. e. andamanicus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Andamans

    • Lycaenesthes emolus andamanicus Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 97; TL: Andamans

    • Anthene emolus andamanicus; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 259; [BOR], 636 (name); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. e. goberus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Hainan

    • Lycaenesthes emolus goberus Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 97; TL: North Borneo
    • Nacaduba klanga Corbet, 1938; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 87 (5): 142, pl. 1, f. 6
      • = Anthene emolus emolus; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 257

    • Antheme emolus goberus; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 259
    • Anthene emolus goberus; [BMP]: 261, pl. 38, f. 17-19; [BOR], 636 (name); [MRS], 670; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
  • A. e. javanus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Java, Sumbawa

    • Lycaenesthes emolus javanus Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 97; TL: E. Java

    • Anthene emolus javanus; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 259; [BOR], 636 (name); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. e. minor (van Eecke, 1918) Pulao Babi

    • Lycaenesthes emolus minor van Eecke, 1918; Zool. Meded. 4 (7): 94; TL: Pulo Babi

    • Anthene emolus minor; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 259; [BOR], 636 (name); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene lycaenolus Tite, 1966 Talaud

  • Anthene lycaenolus Tite, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 267, pl. 1, f. 39, pl. 2, f. 51; TL: Talaut

  • Anthene lycaenolus; [BOR], 636; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139; [CoL]
• Anthene philo (Hopffer, 1874) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaena philo Hopffer, 1874; Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (1-3): 27; TL: Celebes

  • Anthene philo; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 266; Takanami, 1989, Tyô to Ga 40 (1): 26; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes philo; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 99
  • A. p. philo Sulawesi, Salayar, Tukangbesi, Banggai, Sula

    • Lycaenesthes leocrates Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 220, pl. 90, f. 5, 10; TL: Macassar
      • = ; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 266
    • Lycaenesthes philo f. praeclara Fruhstorfer, 1923; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 897; TL: Kalawara
      • = ; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 266

    • Anthene philo philo; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 266, f. 6, 23-24; [BOR], 636 (name); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139
    • Anthene philo praeclara; [CoL]
  • A. p. scintillans Tite, 1966 Talaud, Sanghie

    • Anthene philo scintillans Tite, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 267, pl. 1, f. 38, pl. 2, f. 50; TL: Talaut

    • Anthene philo scintillans; [BOR], 636; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139; [CoL]
• Anthene lycaenina (Felder, 1868) Ceylon, S.India, Orissa, Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Bengal. See [maps] Pointed Ciliate Blue

  • Pseudodipsas lycaenina Felder, 1868; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2): 281; TL: Ceylon

  • Anthene lycaenina; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 269; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Lycaenesthes lycaenina; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 219, pl. 90, f. 6-9; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 87, (2): pl. 35, f. 8, 8a; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 575; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 100; [BIR], 291

  Larva on Wagatea spicata, Buchanania latifolia [BIR], Buchanania , Caesalpinia Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139

  • A. l. lycaenina Ceylon, S.India

    • Lycaenesthes orissica Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1): 23; TL: Orissa
      • = ; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 269

    • Anthene lycaenina lycaenina; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 269, f. 3, 17-18; [BOR], 636; [iNaturalist]
    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina lycaenina; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 101
  • A. l. lycambes (Hewitson, 1878) NW.India - Indo China, Hainan, S.Yunnan

    • Lycaenesthes lycambes Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 220, pl. 90, f. 11-12; TL: "N.India"

    • Anthene lycaenina lycambes; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 269; [BOR], 636 (name); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina lycambes; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 101
  • A. l. togata (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Java, Lombok, Sumbawa

    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina togata Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 101; TL: Lombok
    • Lycaenesthes lycaenoides bogorensis Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4): 218; TL: E. Java
      • = ; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 269

    • Anthene lycaenina togata; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 269; [BOR], 636 (name); [CoL]
  • A. l. villosina (Fruhstorfer, 1923) Philippines (Luzon)

    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina villosina Fruhstorfer, 1923; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 898; TL: Luzon

    • Anthene lycaenina villosina; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 270; [BOR], 636 (name); [CoL]
  • A. l. miya (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Simeulue

    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina miya Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 101; TL: Borneo, Sintang

    • Anthene lycaenina miya; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 269; [BMP]: 261, pl. 38, f. 20-22; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
• Anthene licates (Hewitson, 1874) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes licates Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 350; TL: Makassar

  • Anthene licates; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 271; [BOW]: pl. 174, f. 14 (text); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 140; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Lycaenesthes licates; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 220, pl. 90, f. 3-4
  • Lycaenesthes lycaenina licates; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 101
  • A. l. licates Sulawesi, Banggai

    • Anthene licates licates; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 271, f. 4, 15-16; [BOR], 636 (name); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 140; [iNaturalist]
  • A. l. dusuntua Corbet, 1940 Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, ?Borneo, Sumatra

    • Anthene licates dusuntua Corbet, 1940; Entomologist 73 (921): 40; TL: Selangor, Dusuntua

    • Anthene licates dusuntua; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 271; [BMP]: 261, pl. 38, f. 23-24; [BOR], 636; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
  • A. l. addenda (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Palawan

    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina addenda Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 101; TL: Palawan

    • Anthene licates addenda; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 271; [BOR], 636 (name); [CoL]
  • A. l. philetas (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Bachan?, Obi, Arfak Peninsula, West Irian (Kapaur)

    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina philetas Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 102; TL: Batjan

    • Anthene licates philetas; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 271; [BAUR], 359 (text); [CoL]
• Anthene villosa (Snellen, 1878) Sulawesi, Talaud, Sanghie. See [maps]

  • Pseudodipsas villosa Snellen, 1878; Tijdschr. Ent. 21 (1): 24

  • Anthene villosa; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 271, f. 5, 19-20; [BOR], 636; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 140; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene seltuttus (Röber, 1886) AU. See [maps]

  • Plebeius seltuttus Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3): 67, pl. 5, f. 24; TL: Aru

  • Anthene seltuttus; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 259; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Pongamia pinnata, Cassia fistula, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Brachychiton acerifolium, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Suzygium wilsoni Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (3): 388

  • A. s. seltuttus Aru, Waigeu, Salawati, Jobi, West Irian - New Guinea, Fergusson, Woodlark, Trobriand Is.

    • Lycaenesthes aruana Butler, 1899; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (23): 344; TL: Aru
      • = ; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 262

    • Anthene aruana; [CoL]
    • Anthene seltuttus seltuttus; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 262, f. 8, 25-26, pl. 1, f. 37, pl. 2, f. 49; [BAUR], 358
    • Lycaenesthes emolus seltuttus; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 98
  • A. s. amboinensis (Butler, 1899) Ambon, Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Ternate

    • Lycaenesthes amboinensis Butler, 1899; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (23): 343; TL: Amboina

    • Anthene seltuttus amboinensis; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 261; [BAUR], 358; [CoL]
  • A. s. keyensis Tite, 1966 Kai I., Watubela I.

    • Anthene seltuttus keyensis Tite, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 261; TL: Key Islands

    • Anthene seltuttus keyensis; [BAUR], 358; [CoL]
  • A. s. violacea (Butler, 1899) Yela I., Tagula, St. Aignan Is.

    • Lycaenesthes violacea Butler, 1899; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 4 (23): 343; TL: Louisiades

    • Anthene seltuttus violacea; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 262; [BAUR], 358 (text); [CoL]
    • Lycaenesthes emolus violacea; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 99
    • Lycaenesthes violacea; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 390
  • A. s. affinis (Waterhouse & Turner, 1905) Australia (Cape York - Yeppoon, Northern Territory) Dark Ciliate Blue

    • Lycaenesthes modestus Waterhouse, 1903; Proc. linn. Soc. N.S.W. 28 (1): 198 (preocc. Pseudodipsas modesta Staudinger, 1889)
    • Lycaenesthes affinis Waterhouse & Turner, 1905; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (4): 801 (repl. Lycaenesthes modestus Waterhouse, 1903)

    • Anthene seltuttus affinis; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 262; [BAUR], 358 (text); [CoL]
    • Lycaenesthes emolus affinis; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 99

    Larva on Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Faradaya splendida, Pongamia pinnata, Clerodendrum , Cassia , Caesalpinia nuga [BAUR]

• Anthene lycaenoides (Felder, 1860) Malaya - New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Dipsas lycaenoides Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 454

  • Anthene lycaenoides; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 270; [BOW]: pl. 174, f. 15, 16; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, ::REF#:; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
  • Lycaenesthes lycaenoides; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 219, pl. 92, f. 39

  Larva on Dendrolobium umbellatum, Pongamia pinnata, Caesalpinia crista, Cassia alata, C. auriculata, C. fistula, C. retusa, C. surattensis, Rhyssopterys timorensis, Acacia polystachya, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Litchi chinensis, Clerodendrum spp., Faradaya splendida Dunn & Dunn, 1991, ::REF#:: 389

  • A. l. lycaenoides Ambon, Serang

    • Anthene lycaenoides lycaenoides; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 270; [BAUR], 358
    • Lycaenesthes emolus lycaenoides; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 98
  • A. l. pegobates (Holland, 1900) Buru, Obi, Halmahera, Ternate, Bahcan?

    • Lycaenesthes pegobates Holland, 1900; Novit. Zool. 7 (1): 71; TL: Buru

    • Anthene lycaenoides pegobates; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 270; [BAUR], 359 (text); [CoL]
    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina pegobates; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 102
  • A. l. sutrana (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Kai I., West Irian

    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina sutrana Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 102; TL: Snow Mtns, Dutch New Guinea

    • Anthene lycaenoides sutrana; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 270; [BAUR], 359 (text); [CoL]
  • A. l. godeffroyi (Semper, [1879]) Australia (Darwin, Cape York - Cairns)

    • Lycaenesthes godeffroyi Semper, [1879]; J. Mus. Godeffroy 5 (14): 165, no. 88
    • Lycaenesthes turneri Miskin, 1890; Proc. linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 5 (1): 39; TL: Cape York, Cardwell, Mackay
      • = ; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 270

    • Anthene lycaenoides godeffroyi; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 270, f. 13-14; [BAUR], 359; [CoL]
    • Lycaenesthes lycaenina godeffroyi; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 102

    Larva on Caesalpinia nuga, Cassia alata [BAUR]

• Anthene paraffinis (Fruhstorfer, 1916) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes emolus paraffinis Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (13): 98; TL: Bismarck Archipelago

  • Anthene paraffinis matthias; [CoL]
  • Anthene paraffinis; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 263; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Saraca ? Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139

  • A. p. paraffinis New Britain, Duke of York, New Ireland, Fen, Witu Is., Bougainville, Vella Lavella, Gizo, Choiseul, Alu, Rendova, Treasury Is.

    • Anthene paraffinis paraffinis; Tite, 1966, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 263, f. 27-28; [BAUR], 359
  • A. p. nissani Tite, 1966 Nissan I.

    • Anthene paraffinis nissani Tite, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 264, pl. 1, f. 31-32, pl. 2, f. 43-44; TL: Solomons, Nissan I.

    • Anthene paraffinis nissani; [BAUR], 359 (text); [CoL]
  • A. p. mathias Tite, 1966 St. Matthias, Squally Is.

    • Anthene paraffinis mathias Tite, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 264, pl. 1, f. 29-30, pl. 2, f. 41-42; TL: St. Matthias Group, St. Matthias I.

    • Anthene paraffinis mathias; [BAUR], 359
  • A. p. nereia Tite, 1966 Gizo, Guadalcanal, Florida I., Tulagi, Ugi, Malaita

    • Anthene paraffinis nereia Tite, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 266, pl. 1, f. 33-34, pl. 2, f. 45-46; TL: Solomons, Guadalcanar

    • Anthene paraffinis nereia; [BAUR], 359 (text); [CoL]
  • A. p. emoloides Tite, 1966 Sula, Buru, New Guinea

    • Anthene paraffinis emoloides Tite, 1966; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 18 (8): 263, pl. 1, f. 35-36, pl. 2, f. 47-48; TL: British New Guinea, Hydrographer Mtns, 2500ft

    • Anthene paraffinis emoloides; [BAUR], 359 (text); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139; [CoL]

• Anthene arora Larsen, 1983

  • Anthene arora Larsen, 1983; Fauna of Saudi Arabia: 389, pl. 1, f. 13-15

  • Anthene (Anthene) arora; [AfrL]
  • Anthene arora; [CoL]
  • Anthene otacilia arora; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene atewa Larsen & Collins, 1998 Ivory Coast, Ghana. See [maps]

  • Anthene atewa Larsen & Collins, 1998; Lambillionea 98 (3 I): 373; TL: Ghana, Atewa Range, Kibi

  • Anthene (Anthene) atewa; [AfrL]
• Anthene aurobrunnea (Ungemach, 1932) Abyssinia. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes aurobrunnea Ungemach, 1932; Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 32: 85; TL: Lekampti
  • Lycaenesthes aurobrunnea f. coelestina Ungemach, 1932; Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 32: 86
    • = (coelastina); [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Anthene) aurobrunnea; [AfrL]
  • Anthene aurobrunnea coelestina; [CoL]
  • Anthene aurobrunnea; [BAFR], 530 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene butleri aureobrunnea[sic, aurobrunnea]; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 190
• Anthene emkopoti Larsen & Collins, 1998 Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Anthene emkopoti Larsen & Collins, 1998; Lambillionea 98 (3 I): 373; TL: Nigeria, Butatong, Okwangwo

  • Anthene (Anthene) emkopoti; [AfrL]
• Anthene helpsi Larsen, 1994 Ghana. See [maps]

  • Anthene helpsi Larsen, 1994; Lambillionea 94 (4 II): 550; TL: Atewa Range, Kibi, Ghana

  • Anthene (Anthene) helpsi; [AfrL]
  • Anthene helpsi; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948) E.Zaire, Congo Republic, Ghana. See [maps]

  • Cupidesthes irumu Stempffer, 1948; Revue Fr. Ent. 15: 192; TL: Irumu, Ituri

  • Anthene (Anthene) irumu; [AfrL]
  • Anthene irumu; [iNaturalist]
  • Cupidesthes irumu; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 188; [BAFR], 537; [CoL]
• Anthene juanitae Henning & Henning, 1993 S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Anthene juanitae Henning & Henning, 1993; Metamorphosis 4 (4): 156; TL: South Africa, Manoutsa Park

  • Anthene (Anthene) juanitae; [AfrL]
  • Anthene crawshayi juanitae; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene lindae Henning & Henning, 1994 S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Anthene lindae Henning & Henning, 1994; Pennington's Butterflies (2nd edn.): 233; TL: Witsand, NW.Cape

  • Anthene (Anthene) lindae; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lindae; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene montana Kielland, 1990 Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Anthene montana Kielland, 1990; Butterflies of Tanzania: 205; TL: Uluguru Mts, Bondwa Mt, 2140m

  • Anthene (Anthene) montana; [AfrL]
  • Anthene montana; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990 Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990; Butterflies of Tanzania: 205; TL: Mpanda, Nkungwe, 1100m

  • Anthene (Anthene) mpanda; [AfrL]
  • Anthene mpanda; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene starki Larsen, 2005 Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, C.A.R., N.Congo. See [maps]

  • Anthene starki Larsen, 2005; Butterflies of West Africa: 549

  • Anthene (Anthene) starki; [AfrL]
  • Anthene starki; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene uzungwae Kielland, 1990 Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Anthene uzungwae Kielland, 1990; Butterflies of Tanzania: 207

  • Anthene (Anthene) uzungwae; [AfrL]
  • Anthene uzungwae; [iNaturalist]

• Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Sierra Leone - Congo. See [maps]

  • Triclema rufoplagata Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 72, pl. 3, f. 8, pl. 9, f. 40; TL: Sierra Leone

  • Anthene (Triclema) rufoplagata; [AfrL]
  • Anthene rufoplagata; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 376; [BOW]: pl. 120, f. 11
  • Triclema rufoplagata; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200; [BAFR], 538; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene lutzi (Holland, 1920) E.Zaire, C.Zaire. See [maps]

  • Triclema lutzi Holland, 1920; Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6): 229, pl. 12, f. 2; TL: Congo
  • Triclema ituriensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 98, pl. 16, f. 89-90; TL: Avakubi, Ituri River; Penghe
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Triclema) lutzi; [AfrL]
  • Triclema ituriensis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199
  • Triclema lutzi; [BAFR], 538; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene lacides (Hewitson, 1874) Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Angola, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes lacides Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 348; TL: West Africa, Angola

  • Anthene (Triclema) lacides; [AfrL]
  • Lycaenesthes lacides; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 227, pl. 91, f. 19-20
  • Triclema lacides; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 73, pl. 3, f. 7; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 538; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene inferna (Bethune-Baker, 1926) S.Cameroun (Bitje-Ja). See [maps]

  • Triclema inferna Bethune-Baker, 1926; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 17: 399; TL: Bitje

  • Anthene (Triclema) inferna; [AfrL]
  • Triclema inferna; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 538; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene tisamenus (Holland, 1891) Gabon. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes tisamenus Holland, 1891; Psyche 6: 52

  • Anthene (Triclema) tisamenus; [AfrL]
  • Triclema tisamenus; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 74, pl. 3, f. 13; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200; [BAFR], 538 (text); [CoL]
• Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon, Zaire, W.Kenya. See [maps]

  • Triclema hades Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 74, pl. 3, f. 9, pl. 11, f. 41; TL: Sierra Leone

  • Anthene (Triclema) hades; [AfrL]
  • Anthene hades; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 377; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 30, 31; [LEPIFORUM]
  • Triclema hades; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 538; [BK]: 223; [CoL]
• Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893) Sierra Leone - W.Kenya, Zambia, Zaire, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes phoenicis Karsch, 1893; Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2): 228
  • Anthene phoenicis; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 30 (text only)

  • Anthene (Triclema) phoenicis; [AfrL]
  • Anthene phoenicis; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 377
  • Triclema phoenicis; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 75, pl. 3, f. 10, pl. 13, f. 42; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200; [BAFR], 538; [BK]: 222; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903) Sierra Leone, Upper Volta, Nigeria. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes marshalli Bethune-Baker, 1903; Ann. nat. hist. (7) 12: 332

  • Anthene (Triclema) marshalli; [AfrL]
  • Anthene marshalli; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 377; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 30 (text only)
  • Triclema marshalli; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 79, pl. 3, f. 12; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200; [BAFR], 538; [CoL]
• Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905) Gambia - Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zaire, W.Kenya. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes nigeriae Aurivillius, 1905; Ark. Zool. 2 (12): 16, pl. 3, f. 4; TL: Lokodja
  • Triclema lydia Hulstaert, 1924; Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12: 184
    • = Triclema nigeriae; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200
    • = ; [AfrL]
  • Anthene (Triclema) maesseni Stempffer, 1957; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 19: 223
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Triclema) nigeriae; [AfrL]
  • Anthene maesseni; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 377; [iNaturalist]
  • Anthene nigeriae; [iNaturalist]
  • Triclema maesseni; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200; [CoL]
  • Triclema nigeriae; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 78; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200; [PBSA]; [BK]: 223, pl. 23, f. 303; [BAFR], 539; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Acacia stenocarpa, A. abyssinica [PBSA], Acacia , Dichrostachys [BK]

• Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910) Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [maps]

  • Triclema kamilila Bethune-Baker, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 76, pl. 3, f. 11, pl. 13, f. 43; TL: Kamilio, Nandi; Siera Leone

  • Anthene (Triclema) kamilila; [AfrL]
  • Anthene kamilila; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 377; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 35
  • Triclema kamilila; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BK]: 223; [BAFR], 539; [CoL]
• Anthene oculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893) SE.Gabon (Ogooué). See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes oculatus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 101, pl. 23, f. 1-2; TL: Ogove, Gaboon

  • Anthene (Triclema) oculatus; [AfrL]
  • Triclema oculatus; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 78; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200; [BAFR], 539; [CoL]
• Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes lucretilis Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 349; TL: West Africa, Gaboon

  • Anthene (Triclema) lucretilis; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lucretilis; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 378; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 51
  • Lycaenesthes lucretilis; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 228, pl. 91, f. 29-30; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 103, pl. 23, f. 5-6
  • Triclema lucretilis; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 80; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • A. l. lucretilis Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Gabon, Angola

    • Lycaenesthes lucretia Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 111, pl. 24, f. 7-8; TL: Victoria, Cameroons
      • = Triclema lucretilis lucretilis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199
      • = ; [AfrL]

    • Anthene (Triclema) lucretilis lucretilis; [AfrL]
    • Triclema lucretilis lucretilis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 539
  • A. l. albipicta (Talbot, 1935) E.Zaire

    • Triclema lucretilis albipicta Talbot, 1935; Ent. mon. Mag. 71: 127

    • Anthene (Triclema) lucretilis albipicta; [AfrL]
    • Triclema lucretilis albipicta; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 539 (text); [CoL]
• Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes lamias Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 227, pl. 91, f. 25-26; TL: W.Africa

  • Anthene (Triclema) lamias; [AfrL]
  • Anthene lamias; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 378; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 38
  • Triclema lamias; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 79, pl. 3, f. 14, pl. 13, f. 44; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BK], 222 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva preys on Lecanium [BK]

  • A. l. lamias Sierra Leone - Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire

    • Anthene (Triclema) lamias lamias; [AfrL]
    • Triclema lamias lamias; [BAFR], 539; [iNaturalist]
  • A. l. katerae (D'Abrera, 1980) W.Uganda (Katera)

    • Triclema lamias katerae D'Abrera, 1980; : 539, fig.; TL: Katera

    • Anthene (Triclema) lamias katerae; [AfrL]
    • Triclema lamias katerae; [BK]: 223, pl. 23, f. 304; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene inconspicua (Druce, 1910) Nigeria, Cameroun, Zaire, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Triclema inconspicua Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1): 374, pl. 34, f. 9; TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons

  • Anthene (Triclema) inconspicua; [AfrL]
  • Triclema inconspicua; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 540; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene fasciatus (Aurivillius, 1895) Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Gabon, E.Zaire. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes (Triclema) fasciatus Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16: 218
  • Lycaenesthes subnitens Bethune-Baker, 1903; Ann. nat. hist. (7) 12: 332
    • = ?Anthene fasciata; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 378
    • = Triclema fasciatus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Anthene (Triclema) fasciatus; [AfrL]
  • Anthene fasciata; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 378; [BOW]: pl. 119, f. 29
  • Triclema fasciatus; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 81, pl. 3, f. 15-16, pl. 13, f. 45; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 540; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene coerulea (Aurivillius, 1895) Cameroun. See [maps]

  • Lycaenesthes (Triclema) coerulea Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16: 217; TL: Itoki

  • Anthene (Triclema) coerulea; [AfrL]
  • Triclema caerulea; [CoL]
  • Triclema caerulea[sic, coerulea]; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 82, pl. 3, f. 17; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 540
  • Triclema coerula; [CoL]
  • Triclema coerulea; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene obscura (Druce, 1910) Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Triclema obscura Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1): 375, pl. 34, f. 10; TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons

  • Anthene (Triclema) obscura; [AfrL]
  • Anthene obscura; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 377
  • Triclema obscura; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 82; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 200; [BAFR], 540; [CoL]
• Anthene africana (Bethune-Baker, 1926) Nigeria, Cameroun. See [maps]

  • Triclema africana Bethune-Baker, 1926; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 17: 400; TL: N.Nigeria; Cameroon, Bitje

  • Anthene (Triclema) africana; [AfrL]
  • Triclema africana; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 199; [BAFR], 540; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990) Tanzania, Kenya. See [maps]

  • Triclema kimboza Kielland, 1990; Butterflies of Tanzania: 209

  • Anthene (Triclema) kimboza; [AfrL]
• Anthene krokosua (Larsen, 2005) Ghana. See [maps]

  • Triclema krokosua Larsen, 2005

  • Anthene (Triclema) krokosua; [AfrL]
  • Anthene krokosua; [iNaturalist]