Aphnaeus herbuloti

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 herbuloti

Name

Aphnaeus herbuloti Stempffer, 1971.

Type locality: Cameroon.

Holotype: ♀, "8km North of Edea, 10.iv.1970, (G. Herbulot), genit. Stempffer 6433". Neallotype: ♂, Cameroon, Bitje, designated by Libert, 2013. Both types MNHN, Paris.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus herbuloti Stempffer, 1971: 267; Libert, 2013: 44, pl. 5.
• Aphnaeus carcassoni Larsen, 1986: 157; Ackery, et al., 1995: 554. M’Pala, Tanganika Province, Congo. Synonymised by Bouyer, 1996: 28. Type BMNH.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Bouyer, T., 1996. Notes sur les Lycaenidae Aphnaeus avec description d’une espece nouvelle. Etudes sur les Lycaenidae: note no. 3. (Lepidoptera). Entomologia Africana 1: 25–28. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B., 1986. Notes on Afrotropical butterflies with description of five new taxa and records of extension of known ranges. Bulletin de l’Institut Fondamental de l’Afrique Noire (A) 45: 151–172. 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., 1971b. Contribution a l’etude des Lycaenidae d’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 76: 266-268. Reference page.