[1] Subspecies include: [1] Anthia sexmaculata can reach a length of 40 millimetres (1.6 in).

They soon assume the scent of their ant hosts and are accepted as members of the colony.

They move about with their bodies lifted high up off the ground to avoid the heat of the substrate.

Instead, they squirt an acrid fluid from the anus to disable their enemies.

[3] This species, originating in India, is distributed widely along the northern states of Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia), from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.