Listed alphabetically within
subgenera: • Subgenus
Anthene Doubleday, 1847 (
Afrotropical realm) •
Anthene abruptus (Gaede, 1915) •
Anthene afra (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene alberta (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene amarah (Guérin-Méneville, 1847) – black-striped hairtail •
Anthene arnoldi (N. Jones, 1917) •
Anthene arora Larsen, 1983 •
Anthene atewa Larsen & Collins, 1998 •
Anthene aurobrunnea (Ungemach, 1932) •
Anthene bakeri (H. H. Druce, 1910) •
Anthene barnesi Stevenson, 1940 •
Anthene bipuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) •
Anthene bjoernstadi Collins & Larsen, 1991 •
Anthene buchholzi (Plötz, 1880) •
Anthene butleri (Oberthür, 1880) – pale hairtail •
Anthene chirinda (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene collinsi D'Abrera, 1980 •
Anthene contrastata Ungemach, 1932 – mashuna hairtail •
Anthene crawshayi (Butler, 1899) •
Anthene definita (Butler, 1899) – common hairtail •
Anthene discimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) •
Anthene emkopoti Larsen & Collins, 1998 •
Anthene erythropoecilus (Holland, 1893) •
Anthene flavomaculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893) •
Anthene helpsi Larsen, 1994 •
Anthene hobleyi (Neave, 1904) •
Anthene hodsoni (Talbot, 1935) •
Anthene indefinita (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene irumu (Stempffer, 1948) •
Anthene ituria (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene janna Gabriel, 1949 •
Anthene juanitae Henning & Henning, 1993 – Juanita's hairtail •
Anthene juba (Fabricius, 1787) •
Anthene kampala (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene katera Talbot, 1937 •
Anthene kersteni (Gerstaecker, 1871) – Kersten's hairtail •
Anthene kikuyu (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene lachares (Hewitson, [1878]) •
Anthene larydas (Cramer, [1780]) •
Anthene lasti (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894) •
Anthene lemnos (Hewitson, 1878) – large hairtail •
Anthene leptala (Courvoisier, 1914) •
Anthene leptines (Hewitson, 1874) •
Anthene levis (Hewitson, 1878) •
Anthene ligures (Hewitson, 1874) •
Anthene lindae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Linda's hairtail •
Anthene liodes (Hewitson, 1874) – liodes hairtail •
Anthene locuples (Grose-Smith, 1898) •
Anthene lunulata (Trimen, 1894) •
Anthene lychnaptes (Holland, 1891) •
Anthene lychnides (Hewitson, 1878) •
Anthene lysicles (Hewitson, 1874) •
Anthene madibirensis (Wichgraf, 1921) •
Anthene mahota (Grose-Smith, 1887) •
Anthene makala (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene melambrotus (Holland, 1893) •
Anthene millari (Trimen, 1893) – Millar's hairtail •
Anthene minima (Trimen, 1893) – little hairtail •
Anthene montana Kielland, 1990 •
Anthene mpanda Kielland, 1990 •
Anthene ngoko Stempffer, 1962 •
Anthene nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene onias (Hulstaert, 1924) •
Anthene opalina Stempffer, 1946 •
Anthene otacilia (Trimen, 1868) – Otacilia hairtail or Trimen's ciliate blue •
Anthene pitmani Stempffer, 1936 •
Anthene princeps (Butler, 1876) – cupreous hairtail •
Anthene pyroptera (Aurivillius, 1895) •
Anthene radiata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene ramnika D'Abrera, 1980 •
Anthene rhodesiana Stempffer, 1962 •
Anthene rothschildi (Aurivillius, 1922) •
Anthene rubricinctus (Holland, 1891) •
Anthene rubrimaculata (Strand, 1909) •
Anthene rufomarginata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene ruwenzoricus (Grünberg, 1911) •
Anthene saddacus (Talbot, 1935) •
Anthene schoutedeni (Hulstaert, 1924) •
Anthene scintillula (Holland, 1891) •
Anthene sheppardi Stevenson, 1940 •
Anthene starki Larsen, 2005 •
Anthene suquala (Pagenstecher, 1902) •
Anthene sylvanus (Drury, 1773) •
Anthene talboti Stempffer, 1936 – Talbot's hairtail •
Anthene ukerewensis (Strand, 1909) •
Anthene uzungwae Kielland, 1990 •
Anthene versatilis (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene wilsoni (Talbot, 1935) •
Anthene xanthopoecilus (Holland, 1893) •
Anthene zenkeri (Karsch, 1895) • Subgenus
Anthene Doubleday, 1847;
Australasia-species group (
Indomalayan realm,
Australasian realm, Himalayan area in the
Palearctic realm): •
Anthene emolus (Godart, [1824]) – ciliate blue •
Anthene licates (Hewitson, 1874) •
Anthene lycaenina (R. Felder, 1868) – pointed ciliate blue •
Anthene lycaenolus Tite, 1966 •
Anthene lycaenoides (Felder, 1860) •
Anthene paraffinis (Fruhstorfer, 1916) •
Anthene philo Hopffer, 1874 •
Anthene seltuttus (Röber, 1886) •
Anthene villosa (Snellen, 1878) • Subgenus
Neurellipes Bethune-Baker, 1910
Afrotropical realm •
Anthene aequatorialis Stempffer, 1962 •
Anthene chryseostictus (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene fulvus Stempffer, 1962 •
Anthene gemmifera (Neave, 1910) •
Anthene likouala Stempffer, 1962 •
Anthene lusones (Hewitson, 1874) •
Anthene staudingeri (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894) • Subgenus
Neurypexina Bethune-Baker, 1910
Afrotropical realm •
Anthene kalinzu (Stempffer, 1950) •
Anthene lamprocles (Hewitson, 1878) •
Anthene lyzanius (Hewitson, 1874) •
Anthene quadricaudata (Bethune-Baker, 1926) • Subgenus
Triclema Karsch, 1893
Afrotropical realm •
Anthene africana (Bethune-Baker, 1926) •
Anthene coerulea (Aurivillius, 1895) •
Anthene fasciatus (Aurivillius, 1895) •
Anthene hades (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene inconspicua (H. H. Druce, 1910) •
Anthene inferna (Bethune-Baker, 1926) •
Anthene kamilila (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene kimboza (Kielland, 1990) •
Anthene krokosua (Larsen, 2005) •
Anthene lacides (Hewitson, 1874) •
Anthene lamias (Hewitson, 1878) •
Anthene lucretilis (Hewitson, 1874) •
Anthene lutzi (Holland, 1920) •
Anthene marshalli (Bethune-Baker, 1903) •
Anthene nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905) •
Anthene obscura (H. H. Druce, 1910) •
Anthene oculatus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893) •
Anthene phoenicis (Karsch, 1893) •
Anthene rufoplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910) •
Anthene tisamenus (Holland, 1891) • Subgenus unknown •
Anthene georgiadisi Larsen, 2009 ==References==