Aphnaeus rex

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Aphnaeus
Species: Aphnaeus rex
Subspecies: (2)
A. r. gardineri – A. r. rex

Aphnaeus rex

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 rex Aurivillius, 1909.

Type locality: Tanzania.

Holotype: ♀ ZSM: "Kigonsera, Tanzania, xi.1906; Neallotype: ♂ same locality and repository, designated by Libert, 2013: 73.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus rex Aurivillius, 1909: 5, Fig. 41.
• Aphnaeus erikssoni barnesi Stempffer, 1954: 507; 1967: 153.
• Aphnaeus erikssoni rex Aurivillius; Stempffer, 1954: 508; 1967: 153.
• Aphnaeus rex rex Aurivillius; Libert, 2013: 73, pl. 11.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1909. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi 5(5): 1–29. BHL 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.