Aphnaeus brahami

Aphnaeus brahami

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 brahami
Subspecies: (4)
A. b. bakeri – A. b. brahami – A. b. coronae – A. b. ghanaensis

Name

Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903.

Type locality: Nigeria, Anambara Creek.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH: (A. J. Braham). Neallotype: ♂ Camroon, Ngaoundere, Wak, x.2006 ABRI.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903: 199, pl. 8, fig. 10.
• Aphnaeus brahami brahami Lathy; Libert, 2013: 39, pl. 4.

References

• Lathy, P. I., 1903. An account of a collection of Rhopalocera made on the Anambara Creek in Nigeria, West Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 183–206, Pl.8. text, plate. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2013. Révision du genre Aphnaeus Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), 100pp, 13 pls. A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya. Reference page.