Anthene princeps

Cupreous hairtail


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. princeps
Binomial name
*Anthene princeps* (Butler, 1876)^[1]
Synonyms
Lycaenesthes princeps Butler, 1876 Lycaenesthes neglecta Trimen, 1891 Lycaenesthes uganda Bethune-Baker, 1910 Lycaena smithii Mabille, 1877 Lycaena lochias Hewitson, 1878 Lycaenesthes mabillei Lathy, 1921

Anthene princeps, the cupreous hairtail, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Africa.

The wingspan is about 22–27 mm in males and 24–29 mm in females.^[2]

The larvae feed on Albiza gummifera.^[2]

Subspecies

Anthene princeps princeps (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, northern Zimbabwe, north-western Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, Free State Province and KwaZulu-Natal)
Anthene princeps smithii (Mabille, 1877) (Madagascar)

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↑ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
1 2 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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