Aphnaeus erikssoni

Aphnaeus erikssoni

Taxonavigation

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 erikssoni

Name

Aphnaeus erikssoni Trimen, 1891.

Type locality: Angola or Namibia.

Holotype: ♀ "Ehanda, South Ambuella, ix.1887 (A.W. Eriksson); Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town. Neallotype: ♂ Zaire, Kafakumba, BMNH, designated by Stempffer, 1954: 507.

Synonyms

• Aphnaeus erikssoni Trimen, 1891: 86, pl. 9, fig. 15; Libert, 2013: 66, pl. 10.
• Aphnaeus bruneeli Berger, 1951: 55; S. Zaire. MRAC, HT, ♂ images, AT ♀ images.
• Aphnaeus erikssoni erikssoni Trimen; Stempffer, 1954: 507.

References

• Berger, L. A., 1951. Un nouvel Aphnaeus du Congo belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 45: 55–56. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2013. Révision du genre Aphnaeus Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), 100pp, 13 pls. A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1954. A revision of the genus Aphnaeus Hübner. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 105: 493-527. Abstract: DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1954.tb00775.x Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1891. On butterflies collected in tropical south-western Africa by Mr A.W. Eriksson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 59–107, pls 8, 9. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 

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