''Aphnaeus brahami'', the western silver spot, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Senegal,
Burkina Faso,
Ghana (the
Volta Region),
Benin and
Nigeria.
The habitat consists of the
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
/
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
savanna transition zone.
The former species ''Aphnaeus coronae'', found in
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
,
Uganda and
Kenya,
is now included in ''A. brahami''.
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Subspecies
*''Aphnaeus brahami brahami''
*''Aphnaeus brahami ghanaensis'' Libert, 2013
*''Aphnaeus brahami bakeri'' Libert, 2013
*''Aphnaeus brahami coronae'' Talbot, 1935 (the crowned highflier or crown silver spot) — southern Sudan, northern Uganda
*''Aphnaeus brahami littoralis'' Carcasson, 1964 — Kenya: coast to the area north of Mombasa
References
External links
''Aphnaeus brahami'' Lathy, 1903
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69
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Butterflies described in 1903
Aphnaeus
Butterflies of Africa
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