Aphnaeus brahami

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Western silver spot
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aphnaeus
Species:
A. brahami
Binomial name
Aphnaeus brahami
Lathy, 1903 [1]

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. [2] The habitat consists of the Guinea/Sudan savanna transition zone.

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The former species Aphnaeus coronae, found in Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, [2] is now included in A. brahami. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. 1 2 "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-05.


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