Biology:Aphnaeus

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Aphnaeus
Aphnaeus chapini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Aphnaeinae
Genus:	Aphnaeus Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Aphnaemorpha de Nicéville, 1890 Paraphnaeus Thierry-Mieg, 1904

Aphnaeus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Species

• Aphnaeus abriana Collins & Libert, 2013
• Aphnaeus adamsi Stempffer, 1954
• Aphnaeus affinis Riley, 1921
• Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890
• Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880
• Aphnaeus boormani Libert, 2013
• Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903
• Aphnaeus cameruna Libert, 2013
• Aphnaeus chapini (Holland, 1920)
• Aphnaeus charboneli Bouyer & Libert, 1996
• Aphnaeus curlei Libert & Collins, 2013
• Aphnaeus ebogo Libert, 2013
• Aphnaeus erikssoni Trimen, 1891
• Aphnaeus flavescens Stempffer, 1954
• Aphnaeus gilloni Stempffer, 1966
• Aphnaeus herbuloti Stempffer, 1971
• Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen, 1887
• Aphnaeus jacksoni Stempffer, 1954
• Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928
• Aphnaeus kiellandi Stempffer, 1972
• Aphnaeus liberti Bouyer, 1996
• Aphnaeus marci Collins & Larsen, 2008
• Aphnaeus marshalli Neave, 1910
• Aphnaeus mashunae Stempffer, 1954
• Aphnaeus mirabilis Sáfián, Libert & Collins, 2013
• Aphnaeus neavei Bethune-Baker, 1926
• Aphnaeus nimbaensis Sáfián, Libert & Collins, 2013
• Aphnaeus nyanzae Stempffer, 1954
• Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, 1782)
• Aphnaeus questiauxi Aurivillius, 1903
• Aphnaeus rex Aurivillius, 1909
• Aphnaeus safiani Libert, 2013
• Aphnaeus suk Libert, 2013
• Aphnaeus williamsi Carcasson, 1964
• Aphnaeus zanzibarensis Grose-Smith, 1889

External links

• "Aphnaeus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Royal Museum of Central Africa Images
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69

Wikidata ☰ Q1766432 entry