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

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Aphnaeus rex Aurivillius, 1909.

Type locality: Tanzania.

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

Synonymy

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  • 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

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