Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Aphnaeus
Species: Aphnaeus chapini
Subspecies: Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis

Name

Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis Clench, 1963.

Type locality: Cameroon, Efulen.

Holotype: ♂, 2.iv.1925 (H. L. Weber) CM; Neallotype ♀ Cameroon, Ebogo, Nyong river, x.1996 (S. Collins) ABRI designated by Libert, 2013: 36.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis Clench, 1963: 46, Libert, 2013: 36, pl. 3.
• Spindasis chalybeata [sic] Sharpe, 1890 sensu Bethune-Baker, 1926: 398, ♀ Cameroon.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1926. Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from the Ethiopian Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 17: 384–402. Reference page. 
• Clench, H. K., 1963. Further Notes on West African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Entomological News 74: 43–49. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2013. Révision du genre Aphnaeus Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), 100pp, 13 pls. A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya. Reference page.