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Anthene rubricinctus

Synonyms: Lycaenesthes musagetes; Lycaenesthes rubricinctus

Wikipedia Abstract

Anthene rubricinctus, the Indigo Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of forest, especially stream banks. Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males sometimes mud-puddle. The larvae feed on the flowers of Pterocarpus esculenta.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0