Anthene amarah

Anthene amarah, 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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene
Species: Anthene amarah
Subspecies (2): A. a. amarah – A. a. turlini

Name

Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1847).

Type locality: Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

Neotype: MNHN, male ♂, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 10.VII.1926, leg. H. Ungemach.

Synonymy

• Polyommatus amarah Guérin-Méneville, 1847: 384, pl. 9, figs 5, 6.
• Lampides olympusa Walker, 1870: 53. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 190.
• Anthene amarah orphna Clench, 1965: 369. Synonymy in Libert, 2010: 132.
• Anthene amarah amarah (Guérin-Méneville); Stempffer, 1967: 190; Libert, 2010: 132.

References

• Clench, H. K., 1965. In Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., & Miller, L.D.. The butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 19: [iv], ii, 1-438. BHL. Reference page. 
• Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1849. Ordre des lépidoptères. Famille des diurnes. In: Lefebrvre, T., Voyage en Abyssinie (4)6 (Zoologie): 364–386. 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. 
• Walker, F. 1870. A list of the butterflies collected by J.K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the species new to science. The Entomologist 5: 48–57. Reference page.