Anthene

Anthene emolus, <♂:♀>, Thailand

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene

Name

Anthene Doubleday, 1847: 27.

Type Species: Papilio larydas Cramer, [1780]: 160, pl.282, fig.H; by selection of Hemming, 1935: 435.

African species

[After Libert, 2010.]

Oriental species

[After Tite, 1966].
A. emolus – A. licates – A. lycaenina – A. lycaenoides – A. lycaenolus – A. paraffinis – A. philo – A. seltuttus – A. villosa
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References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page. 
• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Hemming, A. F. 1935. In Carpenter, G. D. H. 1935, Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 83: 313–447. Reference page. 
• Henning, G.A. & Henning, S.F.. 1993. Description of a new species of Anthene Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Transvaal, South Africa. Metamorphosis 4 (4): 156–158. Online (with PDF available). Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B., 1994. Anthene helpsi sp. nov. A remarkable new lycaenid from Ghana. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 94 (4): 550–552. Full article: . Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B., 2009. Anthene georgiadisi sp. nov. (Lep.: Lycaenidae) – a new butterfly from Liberia. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 121(1): 47–51. Reference page.  [not seen]
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1866 ["1865"]. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823. BHL Pls. XLI–XLIII. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1946. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae de la faune éthiopienne. Revue française d’entomologie 13: 8-19. Reference page. 
• Takano, H. 2024b. Descriptions of three new species of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Parc National de Nouabalé-Ndoki, Republic of Congo with additional notes on little-known species. Zootaxa 5496(2): 214–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.2.4. . Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J., 2001. Twenty new butterflies from the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae; Lycaenidae; Nymphalinae; Satyrinae; Danainae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 14: 1-27. Reference page. 
• Tite, G. E., 1966. A revision of the genus Anthene from the Oriental region. Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. 18: 253-275, 2 pls, 28 text figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• Ungemach, H., 1932. Contribution a l'étude des lépidoptères d'Abyssinie; Premiere partie, Rhopalocères. Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phy. Maroc. 32: 1-122, 2 pls., 1 map. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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