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
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Allotriocarida
Classis: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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. 
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