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Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)

Subspecies

  • [Anthene] crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
    - parallela (Aurivillius, 1923)
    - marginata (Hulstaert, 1924)

Adult morphologyWingspan12
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)524
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)622
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
GUI:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWE:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species)
WWE

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia
    - Entada, Ant attended

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia
    - Entada (Ant attended)

Records


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