- Source: Anthene contrastata
Anthene contrastata, the mashuna hairtail, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Africa, from South Africa, north to Ethiopia and Arabia.
The wingspan is 19–23 mm for males and 21–24 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to June, with peaks in November and from March to April.
The larvae probably feed on Acacia species, including Acacia karroo and Acacia tortilis.
Subspecies
Anthene contrastata contrastata (Ethiopia, Yemen)
Anthene contrastata mashuna (Stevenson, 1937) (West Cape, KwaZulu-Natal to Orange Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province, North West Province, North Cape, north to Zimbabwe to Kenya)
Anthene contrastata turkana Stempffer, 1936 (northern Kenya, Somalia, north-eastern Uganda)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Anthene contrastata
- Anthene
- List of butterflies of Uganda
- List of butterflies of Ethiopia
- List of butterflies of Yemen
- List of butterflies of Somalia
- List of butterflies of Tanzania
- List of butterflies of Angola
- List of butterflies of Kenya
- List of butterflies of Zambia
