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''Anthene lachares'', the Silky Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini )〕 The habitat consists of primary forests and dense secondary forests. Adult males mud-puddle. The larvae are green and onisciform, but become reddish with oblique lighter stripes just before pupation. They are usually found under leaves in groups of two to eight and are always attended by ants, including ''Pheidole aurivillii race kasaiensis'' and ''Pheidole rotundata''. ==Subspecies== *''Anthene lachares lachares'' (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, western Democratic Republic of Congo) *''Anthene lachares toroensis'' Stempffer, 1947 (Central African Republic: Bangui, Democratic Republic of Congo: east to Ituri, western Uganda) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthene lachares」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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