Anthene lusones, the large red-spot ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Anthene |
| Species: | A. lusones
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| Anthene lusones | |
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Subspecies
edit- Anthene lusones lusones (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba)
- Anthene lusones fulvimacula (Mabille, 1890) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
References
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- ^ Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Anthene lusones". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T160874A5381603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160874A5381603.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Anthene at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-11.