Aphnaeus brahami

Short description: Species of butterfly

Aphnaeus brahami

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Aphnaeus
Species:  |

A. brahami

Binomial name
Aphnaeus brahami

Lathy, 1903[1]

Aphnaeus brahami, the western silver spot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana (the Volta Region), Benin and Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of the Guinea/Sudan savanna transition zone.

The former species Aphnaeus coronae, found in Sudan, Uganda and Kenya,[2] is now included in A. brahami.[1]

## Subspecies

* Aphnaeus brahami brahami
* Aphnaeus brahami ghanaensis Libert, 2013
* Aphnaeus brahami bakeri Libert, 2013
* Aphnaeus brahami coronae Talbot, 1935 (the crowned highflier or crown silver spot) — southern Sudan, northern Uganda
* Aphnaeus brahami littoralis Carcasson, 1964 — Kenya: coast to the area north of Mombasa

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_4.doc.

## External links

* Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
* Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 c

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