Talbot's hairtail
Anthene talboti
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Anthene talboti, the Talbot's hairtail or Talbot's ciliate blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. In South Africa it is found in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, through to Orange Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province. It is also present in the North Cape.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Anthene