• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Karsch's Ciliate Blue

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Anthene phoenicis	Karsch, 1893
  Triclema marshalli	Bethune-Baker, 1903
  Triclema hades	Bethune-Baker, 1910
  Triclema kamilila	Bethune-Baker, 1910

• Triclema phoenicis is a member of the clade Triclema lucretilis:

• Species	Author
  Triclema belcastroi	Libert, 2010
  Triclema coerulea	(Aurivillius, 1895)
  Triclema lucretilis	(Hewitson, 1874)
  Triclema lutzi	(Holland, 1920)
  Triclema nigeriae	(Aurivillius, 1905)
  Triclema obsoleta	(Stempffer, 1947)
  Triclema oremansi	Libert, 2010
  Triclema phoenicis	(Karsch, 1893)
  Triclema rufoplagata	(Bethune-Baker, 1910)
  Triclema staudingeri	(Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1894])

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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