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Anthene licates

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ4771678 ↗
Source-derived summary

Anthene licates or White Ciliate Blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South-east Asia.

Subspecies

A. l. licates (Sulawesi, Banggai)

A. l. addenda (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Palawan)

A. l. dusuntua Corbet, 1940 (Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, possibly Borneo, Sumatra)

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Anthene licates” is species of insect. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Anthene, licates and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1916, 1940—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Anthene, licates and species is the immediate research focus.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4771678. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1916 and 1940.

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This entry incorporates text from “Anthene licates” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.