Aphnaeus

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Aphnaeus

Aphnaeus chapini
Scientific classification
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

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