Anthene amarah amarah ( Guérin-Méneville, 1849 ), Guerin-Meneville, 1849

Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), Zootaxa 4201 (1), pp. 1-77 : 25

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scientific name	Anthene amarah amarah ( Guérin-Méneville, 1849 )
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74. Anthene amarah amarah ( Guérin-Méneville, 1849) View in CoL

WL: 12mm. The species is typical of Sudan savanna and is known all along West Africa. The caterpillars also feed on several Fabaceae , and are reported to be associated with ants of the genera Crematogaster , Pheidole, Myrmicaria and Acantholepsis.

Studied material. Biombo: Quinhamel , 22.07.2009, 1♀ (BS 28937) . Cacheu: Caió, frequent (JB) . Gabú: Beli , 03- 05.07.2009, 1♂ 1♀ (BS 28871, 28936).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2008).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; CS: LC.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Lycaenidae
SubFamily	Polyommatinae
Genus	Anthene

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