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.

Western silver spot
Figure 10
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aphnaeus
Species:
A. brahami
Binomial name
Aphnaeus brahami
Lathy, 1903[1]

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

Subspecies

edit
  • 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

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