Anthene dulcis

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 dulcis
Subspecies (2):
A. d. dulcis – A. d. xerophila

Name

Anthene dulcis (Pagenstecher, 1902).

Type locality: Ethiopia, Gambe beim Abasse-See.

Holotype: MWNH female ♀. 28.XI.1900. leg. v. Erlanger. genitalia Libert 107-162.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes dulcis Pagenstecher, 1902: 156.
• =Lycaenesthes otacilia (Trimen); Bethune-Baker, 1910: 37.
• Lycaenesthes madibirensis Wichgraf, 1921: 179. Synonymy in Libert, 2010: 159.
• Azanus tongidensis Bethune-Baker, 1926: 401.
• Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936: 137. Synonymy in Libert, 2010: 159.
• Lycaenesthes mashuna Stevenson, 1937: 31. Synonymy in Libert, 2010: 159.
• =Anthene otacilia otacilia (Trimen); Stempffer, 1967: 191.
• Anthene (Anthene) otacilia dulcis (Pagenstecher); Williams, 2008.
• Anthene dulcis (Pagenstecher); Libert, 2010: 159.

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. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1926. Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from the Ethiopian Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 17: 384–402. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Pagenstecher, A. F., 1902. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der Reise des Freiherrn Carlo von Erlanger durch Sud-Schoa. die Galla und Somalilander in 1900 und 1901. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins fur Naturkunde 55: 113–204. BHL. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1936. Contribution a l’etude des Lycenides de l’Afrique Orientale. Revue Francaise d’Entomologie 3: 134-142. 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. 
• Stevenson, R.H.R., 1937. Lycaenidae of the northern and north-eastern parts of the South African subregion. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 1 (6): 14-38, 3 pls. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 
• Wichgraf, F., 1921. Neue afrikanische Lepidopteren aus der Ertlschen Sammlung. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 14: 171-172, 179-180, 195-197. Reference page.