''Aphnaeus'' is a
genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae. The
species of this genus are found in the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
.
Species
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Aphnaeus abriana''
Collins & Libert, 2013
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Aphnaeus adamsi''
Stempffer, 1954
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Aphnaeus affinis''
Riley, 1921
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Aphnaeus argyrocyclus''
Holland, 1890
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Aphnaeus asterius''
Plötz, 1880
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Aphnaeus boormani''
Libert, 2013
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Aphnaeus brahami''
Lathy, 1903
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Aphnaeus cameruna''
Libert, 2013
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Aphnaeus chapini
''Aphnaeus chapini'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo ...
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(Holland, 1920)
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Aphnaeus charboneli''
Bouyer & Libert, 1996
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Aphnaeus curlei''
Libert & Collins, 2013
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Aphnaeus ebogo
''Aphnaeus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Species
*'' Aphnaeus abriana'' Collins & Libert, 2013
*'' Aphnaeus adamsi'' Stempffer, 1954
*'' Aphnaeus affinis'' ...
''
Libert, 2013
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Aphnaeus erikssoni''
Trimen, 1891
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Aphnaeus flavescens''
Stempffer, 1954
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Aphnaeus gilloni''
Stempffer, 1966
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Aphnaeus herbuloti''
Stempffer, 1971
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Aphnaeus hutchinsonii''
Trimen, 1887
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Aphnaeus jacksoni''
Stempffer, 1954
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Aphnaeus jefferyi''
Hawker-Smith, 1928
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Aphnaeus kiellandi''
Stempffer, 1972
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Aphnaeus liberti''
Bouyer, 1996
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Aphnaeus marci''
Collins & Larsen, 2008
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Aphnaeus marshalli
''Aphnaeus marshalli'', the Marshall's highflier, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania (from the south-western part of the country to Kigoma), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the south-eastern part of the cou ...
''
Neave, 1910
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Aphnaeus mashunae''
Stempffer, 1954
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Aphnaeus mirabilis
''Aphnaeus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Species
*'' Aphnaeus abriana'' Collins & Libert, 2013
*'' Aphnaeus adamsi'' Stempffer, 1954
*'' Aphnaeus affinis'' ...
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Sáfián, Libert & Collins, 2013
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Aphnaeus neavei''
Bethune-Baker, 1926
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Aphnaeus nimbaensis
''Aphnaeus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Species
*''Aphnaeus abriana'' Collins & Libert, 2013
*''Aphnaeus adamsi'' Stempffer, 1954
*''Aphnaeus affinis'' Riley, ...
''
Sáfián, Libert & Collins, 2013
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Aphnaeus nyanzae''
Stempffer, 1954
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Aphnaeus orcas
''Aphnaeus orcas'', the common highflier or common silver spot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross Ri ...
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(Drury, 1782)
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Aphnaeus questiauxi''
Aurivillius, 1903
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Aphnaeus rex''
Aurivillius, 1909
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Aphnaeus safiani''
Libert, 2013
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Aphnaeus suk''
Libert, 2013
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Aphnaeus williamsi''
Carcasson, 1964
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Aphnaeus zanzibarensis''
Grose-Smith, 1889
External links
"''Aphnaeus'' Hübner, [1819]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Royal Museum of Central AfricaImages
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69
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