About Anthene larydas (Cramer, 1782)
Anthene larydas, commonly known as the spotted hairtail or common ciliate blue, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Lycaenidae. This species is distributed across Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, extending south to South Africa and Mozambique. The larvae of Anthene larydas feed on Acacia farnesiana, all Afzelia species, Albizia gummifera, Albizia zygia, Dichrostachys glomerata, and all Hypericum species. Anthene larydas larvae are associated with three ant variants: Pheidole aurivillii race kasaiensis, Camponotus akwapimensis var. poultoni, and Crematogaster striatula var. horati.
