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Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)

Subspecies

  • [Anthene] sylvanus sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
    - moncus (Fabricius, 1781)
    - syllidus (Hübner, [1826])
    - locra (Plötz, 1880)
    - natalensis (Staudinger & Schatz, 1888)

Adult morphologyWingspan15
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)510
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)627
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

Larvae are phytophagous but associate with Pheidole and Camponotus ants

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011