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Taxon profile

species

Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Lycaenidae - gossamer-winged butterflies »  genus Anthene - ciliate blues

Scientific synonyms

Papilio sylvanus Drury, 1773 o
Papilio moncus Fabricius, 1781
Thecla moncus (Fabricius, 1781) (misspelling) m

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

subspecies Anthene sylvanus albicans (Grünberg, 1910)
subspecies Anthene sylvanus natalensis (Staudinger, 1888)
subspecies Anthene sylvanus niveus Stempffer, 1951
subspecies Anthene sylvanus sylvanus (Drury, 1773)

Links and literature

African Butterfly Database (ABDB) [Anthene_sylvanus]

S. Sáfián, B. Kormos: African Butterfly Database (ABDB) [https://abdb-africa.org/] [as Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)]
Data retrieved on: 8 January 2025

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Explanations

o original combination

m misspelling