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Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
Subspecies
[
Anthene
] crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
-
parallela
(Aurivillius, 1923)
-
marginata
(Hulstaert, 1924)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
12
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
524
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
622
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
GUI
:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
WWE
:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species)
WWE
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Fabaceae
- Acacia
- Entada
, Ant attended
Fabaceae
- Acacia
- Entada
(Ant attended)
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011