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Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1780)

- perides (Fabricius, 1793)

Adult morphologyWingspan13
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)523
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)624
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:

  • Clusiaceae
    - Hypericum
  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia
    - Afzelia
    - Albizia
    - Dichrostachys, Attended by Crematogaster, Pheidole and Camponotus ants

  • Clusiaceae
    - Hypericum
  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia
    - Afzelia
    - Albizia
    - Dichrostachys (Attended by Crematogaster, Pheidole and Camponotus ants)

Anthene larydas
Photographer: Gerard Bergsma

Records


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