Anthene definita

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene
Species: Anthene definita
Subspecies: A. d. definita – A. d. nigrocaudata

Anthene definita, ♀, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

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

Name

Anthene definita (Butler, 1899).

Type locality: South Africa, Natal, karkloof

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. 17.II.1897. leg. G.A.K. Marshall.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes definita Butler, 1899: 342.
• Lycaenesthes chirinda Bethune-Baker, 1910 (Synonymized by Libert, 2010: 70). 27.
  • Type locality: Zimbabwe, Gazaland, Chirinda Forest.
  • Type BMNH.
• Anthene definita (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 191; Williams, 2008: File M, page 22.

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. 
• Butler, A. G., 1899. Descriptions of new species of the genus Lycaenesthes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 4:341-344. BHL Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. 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. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.