Anthene is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, commonly called the ciliate blues or hairtails. The genus was erected by Edward Doubleday in 1847.

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