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Triclema
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.
Anthene are small to medium-sized (wingspan 16–40 millimetres), slender butterflies without tails or with 2–3 short, hairy tails on the hindwing. The upper parts are dark brown, in males often with a blue or blue-violet metallic sheen that is usually not as strong as in many other blues. Other species have orange, or less often, white patches. Females are more uniformly brown. The underparts are light brown, often with white-edged transverse bands, but without or with few dark spots.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Triclema nigeriae
speciesTriclema nigeriae
Triclema phoenicis
speciesTriclema phoenicis
Triclema lamias
speciesTriclema lamias
Triclema lacides
speciesTriclema lacides
Triclema staudingeri
speciesTriclema staudingeri
Triclema inconspicua
speciesTriclema inconspicua
Triclema rufoplagata
speciesTriclema rufoplagata
Triclema lucretilis
speciesTriclema lucretilis
Triclema fasciatus
speciesTriclema fasciatus
Triclema inferna
speciesTriclema inferna
Triclema africana
speciesTriclema africana
Triclema perobscura
speciesTriclema perobscura
Triclema oremansi
speciesTriclema oremansi
Triclema obsoleta
speciesTriclema obsoleta
Triclema mullini
speciesTriclema mullini
Triclema melambrotus
speciesTriclema melambrotus
Triclema likouala
speciesTriclema likouala
Triclema josianae
speciesTriclema josianae
Triclema hybrida
speciesTriclema hybrida
Triclema collinsiana
speciesTriclema collinsiana
Triclema coerulea
speciesTriclema coerulea
Triclema belcastroi
speciesTriclema belcastroi
Triclema aequatorialis
speciesTriclema aequatorialis
Triclema lutzi
speciesTriclema lutzi
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 490943.