Anthene

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.

Subgenera and species
Listed alphabetically within subgenera:
 * Subgenus Anthene Doubleday, 1847 (Afrotropical realm)
 * Anthene abruptus (Gaede, 1915)
 * Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1847) – black-striped hairtail
 * Anthene arnoldi (N. Jones, 1917)
 * Anthene arora Larsen, 1983
 * Anthene atewa Larsen & Collins, 1998
 * Anthene aurobrunnea (Ungemach, 1932)
 * Anthene bakeri (H. H. Druce, 1910)
 * Anthene barnesi Stevenson, 1940
 * Anthene bipuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991
 * Anthene buchholzi (Plötz, 1880)
 * Anthene butleri (Oberthür, 1880) – pale hairtail
 * Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene collinsi D'Abrera, 1980
 * Anthene contrastata Ungemach, 1932 – mashuna hairtail
 * Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
 * Anthene definita (Butler, 1899) – common hairtail
 * Anthene discimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
 * Anthene emkopoti Larsen & Collins, 1998
 * Anthene erythropoecilus (Holland, 1893)
 * Anthene flavomaculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
 * Anthene helpsi Larsen, 1994
 * Anthene hobleyi (Neave, 1904)
 * Anthene hodsoni (Talbot, 1935)
 * Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948)
 * Anthene ituria (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949
 * Anthene juanitae Henning & Henning, 1993 – Juanita's hairtail
 * Anthene juba (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene katera Talbot, 1937
 * Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871) – Kersten's hairtail
 * Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene lachares (Hewitson, [1878])
 * Anthene larydas (Cramer, [1780])
 * Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
 * Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878) – large hairtail
 * Anthene leptala (Courvoisier, 1914)
 * Anthene leptines (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene levis (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene lindae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Linda's hairtail
 * Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874) – liodes hairtail
 * Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898)
 * Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894)
 * Anthene lychnaptes (Holland, 1891)
 * Anthene lychnides (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene madibirensis (Wichgraf, 1921)
 * Anthene mahota (Grose-Smith, 1887)
 * Anthene makala (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene melambrotus (Holland, 1893)
 * Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893) – Millar's hairtail
 * Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893) – little hairtail
 * Anthene montana Kielland, 1990
 * Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990
 * Anthene ngoko Stempffer, 1962
 * Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene onias (Hulstaert, 1924)
 * Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946
 * Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868) – Otacilia hairtail or Trimen's ciliate blue
 * Anthene pitmani Stempffer, 1936
 * Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876) – cupreous hairtail
 * Anthene pyroptera (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Anthene radiata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene ramnika D'Abrera, 1980
 * Anthene rhodesiana Stempffer, 1962
 * Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922)
 * Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891)
 * Anthene rubrimaculata (Strand, 1909)
 * Anthene rufomarginata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene ruwenzoricus (Grünberg, 1911)
 * Anthene saddacus (Talbot, 1935)
 * Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924)
 * Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891)
 * Anthene sheppardi Stevenson, 1940
 * Anthene starki Larsen, 2005
 * Anthene suquala (Pagenstecher, 1902)
 * Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
 * Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936 – Talbot's hairtail
 * Anthene ukerewensis (Strand, 1909)
 * Anthene uzungwae Kielland, 1990
 * Anthene versatilis (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935)
 * Anthene xanthopoecilus (Holland, 1893)
 * Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)
 * Subgenus Anthene Doubleday, 1847 ; Australasia-species group (Indomalayan realm, Australasian realm, Himalayan area in the Palearctic realm):
 * Anthene emolus (Godart, [1824]) – ciliate blue
 * Anthene licates (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene lycaenina (R. Felder, 1868) – pointed ciliate blue
 * Anthene lycaenolus Tite, 1966
 * Anthene lycaenoides (Felder, 1860)
 * Anthene paraffinis (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
 * Anthene philo Hopffer, 1874
 * Anthene seltuttus (Röber, 1886)
 * Anthene villosa (Snellen, 1878)
 * Subgenus Neurellipes Bethune-Baker, 1910 Afrotropical realm
 * Anthene aequatorialis Stempffer, 1962
 * Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene fulvus Stempffer, 1962
 * Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910)
 * Anthene likouala Stempffer, 1962
 * Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
 * Subgenus Neurypexina Bethune-Baker, 1910 Afrotropical realm
 * Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950)
 * Anthene lamprocles (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
 * Subgenus Triclema Karsch, 1893 Afrotropical realm
 * Anthene africana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
 * Anthene coerulea (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Anthene fasciatus (Aurivillius, 1895)
 * Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene inconspicua (H. H. Druce, 1910)
 * Anthene inferna (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
 * Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990)
 * Anthene krokosua (Larsen, 2005)
 * Anthene lacides (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878)
 * Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)
 * Anthene lutzi (Holland, 1920)
 * Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
 * Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)
 * Anthene obscura (H. H. Druce, 1910)
 * Anthene oculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
 * Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893)
 * Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
 * Anthene tisamenus (Holland, 1891)
 * Subgenus unknown
 * Anthene georgiadisi Larsen, 2009