Anthene sylvanus

Anthene sylvanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Anthene
Species:	A. sylvanus
Binomial name
Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Papilio sylvanus Drury, 1773 Anthene (Anthene) sylvanus Papilio moncus Fabricius, 1781 Timolus syllidus Hübner, 1826 Lycaenesthes locra Plötz, 1880 Lycaenesthes sylvanus var. natalensis Staudinger and Schatz, 1888 Lycaenesthes ukerewensis var. albicans Grünberg, 1910 Anthene sylvanus bugalla Stempffer and Jackson, 1962

Anthene sylvanus, the common indigo ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests and dense Guinea savanna.

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