Aphnaeus jefferyi

Short description: Species of butterfly

Aphnaeus jefferyi

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

A. jefferyi

Binomial name
Aphnaeus jefferyi

Hawker-Smith, 1928[1]

Aphnaeus jefferyi, the Jeffery's highflier or Jeffrey's silver spot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cameroon, western Kenya, Uganda (around Mount Elgon) and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of woodland.

## References

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q13384622 entry

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