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Anthene
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the towns of ancient Greece, see Anthene (Cynuria) and Anthene (Thessaly).
Anthene is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, commonly called the ciliate blues or hairtails. The genus was erected by Edward Doubleday in 1847.
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Anthene and related genera in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Lycaenesthini |
Genus: | Anthene Doubleday, 1847 |
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