Aphnaeus jefferyi

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 jefferyi

Name

Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928.

Type locality: Kenya, Kitale.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH: "W. Kenya, Kitale, 2.iii.1925 (G. W. Jeffery).
Neallotype: ♂ BMNH: "W. Kenya, Soy, 2.v.1939 (C. Cripps), genit. Stempffer 3411". Designated by Stempffer, 1954: 505.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928: 30; Stempffer, 1954: 505; 1967: 153; Libert, 2013: 47, pl. 6.

References

• Hawker-Smith, W., 1928. A new African Lycaenid. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, Witley 2(1): 30–31. 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. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.