Aphnaeus asterius

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 Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota 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

Name

Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880.

Type locality: Ghana.

Neotype: ♀ BMNH: Ghana, Dunkwa. Neallotype: ♂ FMNH: Ghana, Kibi, 25.x.1973 (Th. Maessen). Designated by Libert, 2013: 31.

Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880: 201, ♀ nec ♂.
Aphnaeus chalybeatus Sharpe, 1890: 105. Sierra Leone. HT: ♂ BMNH. Synonymy in Williams, 2008.
Spindasis chalybeata [sic] Sharpe, 1890; Bethune-Baker, 1926: 398, ♀, Cameroon.
Aphnaeus asterius asterius Plötz; Libert, 2013: 31, pl. 2.

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.

Libert, M., 2013. Révision du genre Aphnaeus Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), 100pp, 13 pls. A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya. Reference page.

Plötz, C. 1880. Verzeichniss der vom Professor Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika – vom 5.Gr. nordl. Bis. 3.Gr. sudl, Breite, auf dem Cameroons-Gebirge in unge fahrer hohe von 4000 Fuss und auf der Insel Fernando-Po, vom August 1872 bis November 1875 – gesammelten Schmetterlinge. Entomologische Zeitung 41: Heterocera 76–88; Rhopalocera 189–206. Reference page.

Sharpe, E. 1890: On some new species of African Lycaenidae in the collection of Philip Crowley, Esq. Annals and magazine of natural history (6) 6(31): 103-106. BHL Reference page.

Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

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