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Anthene lachares (Hewitson, 1878)

Subspecies

  • [Anthene] lachares lachares (Hewitson, 1878)
    - pulcher (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
    - liparis (Grose-Smith, 1898)
    - obsolescens (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
    - bitje (Stempffer, 1946)

Adult morphologyWingspan12
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)525
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)623
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
MEF:
Centered on the moist semi-deciduous forest types
MEF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWC:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending only to Cameroun, Congo, Gabon, CAR
WWC

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

Larvae are phytophagous but associate with Pheidole ants

Records


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