Belongs within: Nectariniidae.
Anthreptes is a genus of sunbirds with relatively stout, straight bills (Walden 1866).
<==Anthreptes Swainson 1832 [incl. Euchloridia Reichenbach 1853; Anthreptidae, Euchloridiidae]B94
|--*A. malacensis [=Anthothreptes malaccensis; incl. Nectarinia javanica]W66
| |--A. m. malacensisR02
| `--A. m. heliocalusR02
|--A. anchietaeJT12
|--A. aurantiusAP21
|--A. gabonicusJT12
|--A. griseigularisAP21
|--A. longuemareiAP21
|--A. metallicusJT12
|--A. neglectusAP21
|--A. orientalisAP21
|--A. pallidigasterJT12
|--A. rectirostrisAP21
|--A. reichenowiAP21 [=Nectarinia reichenowiJF06]
|--A. rhodolaemusJT12 [=Anthothreptes rhodolaemaS89]
|--A. rubritorquesJT12
|--A. seimundiAP21 [=Nectarinia seimundiJF06]
`--A. simplexJT12
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.
[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.
[R02] Riley, J. 2002. Population sizes and the status of endemic and restricted-range bird species on Sangihe Island, Indonesia. Bird Conservation International 12: 53–78.
[S89] Salvadori, T. 1889. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea nella Birmania e nelle regioni vicine. XIX.—Uccelli raccolti nei Monti Carin a nord-est di Tounghoo, nel Pegù presso Rangoon e Tounghoo e nel Tenasserim presso Malewoon. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 369–438.
[W66] Walden, A. 1866. Notes on birds collected in Tennasserim and in the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 537–556.