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Curious ciliate blue
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. locuples
Binomial name
Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898)
Synonyms
Lycaenesthes locuples Grose-Smith, 1898 Anthene (Anthene) locuples

Anthene locuples, the curious ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria (west and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa).

Adults are known to mud-puddle.

References

1. Anthene, funet.fi
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

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• Butterflies described in 1898
• Anthene
• Butterflies of Africa
• Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
• Lycaenesthini stubs