Anthene nigeriae

Anthene nigeriae, the false hairtail or Nigerian ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kabinda, Maniema and Lualaba), southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia (the Copperbelt and eastwards) and eastern Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of forest margins, open areas in Guinea savanna and coastal scrub.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Anthene nigeriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. nigeriae
Binomial name
Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
Lycaenesthes nigeriae Aurivillius, 1905 Anthene (Triclema) nigeriae Triclema lydia Hulstaert, 1924 Anthene maesseni Stempffer, 1957

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Adults are on wing in mid-summer.

The larvae feed on Acacia abyssinica, Acacia hockii and Dichrostachys species.