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Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
Subspecies
[
Anthene
] sylvanus sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
-
moncus
(Fabricius, 1781)
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syllidus
(Hübner, [1826])
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locra
(Plötz, 1880)
-
natalensis
(Staudinger & Schatz, 1888)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
15
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
510
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
627
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
ALF
:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
WWQ
:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Larvae are phytophagous but associate with Pheidole and Camponotus ants
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011