Anthene smithii

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 smithii

Name

Anthene smithii (Mabille, 1877).

Type locality: Madagascar.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Lycaena smithii Mabille, 1877: 72.
• Lycaena lochias Hewitson, [1878]: 221, pl. 90, figs 7, 8. Madagascar. Synonymy in Libert, 2010.
• Lycaenesthes smithi [sic] (Mabille); Bethune-Baker, 1910: 31, pl. 1, fig. 13.
• Lycaenesthes mabillei Lathy, 1921: 208. Madagascar. Synonymy in Libert, 2010.
• Anthene princeps smithi [sic] (Mabille); Stempffer, 1967: 193.
• Anthene (Anthene) princeps smithii (Mabille); Williams, 2008.
• Anthene smithi [sic] (Mabille); Libert, 2010: 83.

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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Lathy, P. I., 1921. Two new species of Lycaenidae from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8: 208. Archive. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P., 1877. Diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de Lépidoptères provenent de Madagascar. Bulletin des Séances de la Société Entomologique de France 5(7): 39-40; 71-73. 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.