Aphnaeus zanzibarensis

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 zanzibarensis

Name

Aphnaeus zanzibarensis Grose-Smith, 1889.

Type locality: Kenya.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Mombasa, (Last).
Neallotype: ♀ ABRI: Kenya, Isiolo, vi.1967, (S. C. Collins), designated by Libert, 2013: 82.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus zanzibarensis Grose-Smith, 1889: 136; Libert, 2013: 82, pl. 13.
• Aphneus drucei [sic] Neave, 1904: 338, pl. 1, fig. 6. Tanzania: “Mwanza, Unyamwezi, German E. Africa”. Synonymy in Libert, 2013.
• Aphnaeus hutchinsonii drucei Neave; Jackson, 1937: 216.
• Paraphnaeus hutchinsonii drucei Neave; Stempffer, 1967: 155.
• Paraphnaeus zanzibarensis (Grose-Smith); Stempffer, 1967: 155.

References

• Grose-Smith, H., 1889c. Descriptions of twenty-four new species of butterflies captured by Mr. Last in the neighbourhood of Mombasa, East Coast of Africa, in the collection of Mr. H. Grose-Smith. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3: 121–137. BHL. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2013. Révision du genre Aphnaeus Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), 100pp, 13 pls. A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya. Reference page. 
• Neave, S.A., 1904. On a large collection of rhopalocera from the shores of the Victoria Nyanza. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 323–363, pl. 1. text, plate. 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.