Aphnaeus chapini

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Aphnaeus
Species: Aphnaeus chapini
Subspecies: (3)
A. c. chapini – A. c. occidentalis – A. c. ugandae

Aphnaeus chapini

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

Name

Aphnaeus chapini (Holland, 1920).

Type locality: Zaire, Niangara (28°0'E, 3°40'N).

Holotype: ♂ AMNH, New York: 17–19.xi.1910 (Lang & Chapin)

Synonymy

• Spindasis chapini Holland, 1920: 225, pl. 12, fig. 6.
• Aphnaeus chapini chapini (Holland); Libert, 2013: 35, pl. 2.

References

• Holland, W.J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo; Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, Together With Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 43(6): 109-369, Pls.VI-XIV. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2013. Révision du genre Aphnaeus Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), 100pp, 13 pls. A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya. Reference page.