Anthene lucretilis

Anthene lucretilis, the irrorated ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2]

Irrorated ciliate blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. lucretilis
Binomial name
Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
Lycaenesthes lucretilis Hewitson, 1874 Anthene (Triclema) lucretilis Anthene lucretia Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1894 Triclema lucretilis albipicta Talbot, 1935

Subspecies

• Anthene lucretilis lucretilis (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola)
• Anthene lucretilis albipicta (Talbot, 1935) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Equateur and Uele, western Uganda)