Anthene rubrimaculata rubrimaculata

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 rubrimaculata
Subspecies: Anthene rubrimaculata rubrimaculata

Name

Anthene rubrimaculata rubrimaculata (Strand, 1909).

Type locality: Tanzania, “Amani”.

Lectotype: ZMB. male ♂. 12.II.1907. leg. G. Vosseler.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes rubrimaculata Strand, 1909: 127.
• Anthene rubrimaculata (Strand); Stempffer, 1967: 194.
• Anthene rubrimaculata zanzibarica Congdon & Collins, 1998: 102. Tanzania: “Jozani Forest, i.1991, S C Collins.” Type in ABRI, Nairobi.
• Anthene (Anthene) rubrimaculata (Strand); Williams, 2008.
• Anthene rubrimaculata rubrimaculata (Strand); Libert, 2010: 92.

References

• Congdon, C. & Collins, S. 1998. Kielland’s butterflies of Tanzania. Supplement. African Butterfly Research Institute & Union des Entomologistes Belges, Nairobi & Tervuren, 143 pp. 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. 
• Strand, E. 1909g. Zur Kenntnis afrikanisher Lycaenesthes-Arten. Entomologische Zeitschrift. Frankfurt a.M. 26-28: 124-127. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.