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 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 asterius
Subspecies: (2)
A. a. argenteola – A. a. asterius

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.

Synonymy

• 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.

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. 
• 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; 306-307. 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.