Anthene mahota

Species of butterfly

Mahota ciliate blue
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. mahota
Binomial name
*Anthene mahota* (Grose-Smith, 1887)^[1]
Synonyms
Lycaenesthes mahota Grose-Smith, 1887 Anthene (Anthene) mahota

Anthene mahota, the Mahota ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini), Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mongala and Sankuru).^[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Anthene mahota.

^ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-07.