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 hobleyi
Subspecies (5):
A. h. barnesi – A. h. hobleyi – A. h. kigezi – A. h. teita – A. h. ufipa

Name

Anthene hobleyi (Neave, 1904).

Type locality: Kenya, Nandi foothills, c. 8 m. NE of Mohuroni Stn.

Lectotype: ♂ UMO. 1903. leg. C.W. Hobley. images.

Synonymy

  • Lycaenesthes hobleyi Neave, 1904: 339; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 24, pl. 1, fig. 9, pl. 6, fig. 10 (genitalia).
  • Lycaenesthes elgonensis Aurivillius, 1925: 210. Synonymy in Libert, 2010: 87.
  • Anthene hobleyi elgonensis (Aurivillius); Stempffer, 1967: 191.
  • Anthene hobleyi (Neave); Stempffer, 1967: 191; Libert, 2010: 86.

References

  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
  • Libert, M., 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-420. Reference page. 
  • Neave, S.A., 1904. On a large collection of rhopalocera from the shores of the Victoria Nyanza. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 323–363, pl. 1. text, plate. Reference page. 
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