Anthene wilsoni
Species of butterfly
Anthene wilsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Anthene |
Species: | A. wilsoni |
Binomial name | |
Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Anthene wilsoni, the Wilson's hairtail or Wilson's ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia, north-eastern Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia and north-eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of wet parkland savanna and dry savanna.
Adults are on wing from late November to mid-February.
The larvae feed on Entada abyssinica and Acacia abyssinica.
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