Anthene amarah, South Africa.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene
Species: Anthene amarah
Subspecies (2): A. a. amarah A. a. turlini

Name

Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1847).

Type locality: Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

Neotype: MNHN, male ♂, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 10.VII.1926, leg. H. Ungemach.

Synonymy

  • Polyommatus amarah Guérin-Méneville, 1847: 384, pl. 9, figs 5, 6.
  • Lampides olympusa Walker, 1870: 53. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 190.
  • Anthene amarah orphna Clench, 1965: 369. Synonymy in Libert, 2010: 132.
  • Anthene amarah amarah (Guérin-Méneville); Stempffer, 1967: 190; Libert, 2010: 132.

References

  • Clench, H. K., 1965. In Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., & Miller, L.D.. The butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 19: [iv], ii, 1-438. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1849. Ordre des lépidoptères. Famille des diurnes. In: Lefebrvre, T., Voyage en Abyssinie (4)6 (Zoologie): 364–386. BHL Reference page. 
  • Libert, M., 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-420. Reference page. 
  • Walker, F. 1870. A list of the butterflies collected by J.K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the species new to science. Entomologist 5: 48-57. Reference page. 
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