Anthene nigeriae

Anthene nigeriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. nigeriae
Binomial name
	Anthene nigeriae; (Aurivillius, 1905)
Synonyms
	Lycaenesthes nigeriae Aurivillius, 1905; Anthene (Triclema) nigeriae; Triclema lydia Hulstaert, 1924; Anthene maesseni Stempffer, 1957;

Anthene nigeriae, the false hairtail or Nigerian ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kabinda, Maniema and Lualaba), southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia (the Copperbelt and eastwards) and eastern Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of forest margins, open areas in Guinea savanna and coastal scrub.

Adults are on wing in mid-summer.

References

^ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
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