Aphnaeus asterius

Short description: Species of butterfly

Aphnaeus asterius

Seitz Fauna AfricanaTaf 69 (line d)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Aphnaeus
Species:  |

A. asterius

Binomial name
Aphnaeus asterius

Plötz, 1880[1]

Synonyms

* Aphnaeus chalybeatus Sharpe, 1890
* Aphnaeus ilogo Holland, 1890
* Aphnaeus argenteola Holland, 1890

Aphnaeus asterius, the brick silver spot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Équateur and Sankuru).[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

## References

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1. ↑ Aphnaeus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_4.doc.

## External links

* Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 d also (synonym) as argenteola Holland, 1890

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