Anthene butleri butleri

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene
Species: Anthene butleri
Subspecies: Anthene butleri butleri

Name

Anthene butleri butleri (Oberthür, 1880).

Type locality: Ethiopia, Mantèk

Lectotype: MCG. female ♀. 14.VI.1877. leg. O. Antinori.

Synonymy

• Lycaena butleri Oberthür, 1880: 170, pl. 1, fig. 2.
• =Lycaenesthes livida Trimen; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 34.
• Anthene butleri butleri (Oberthür); Stempffer, 1967: 190; Libert, 2010: 178.

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. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C. 1879–1880. Spedizione Italiana nell’Africa equatoriale. Risultati zoologici. 1. Lepidotteri. Annali del museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 15: 129–186. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.