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Aphnaeus Hübner, [1819]

Silver Spots
Aphnaeus Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 81, TS: Papilio orcas Drury
Paraphnaeus Thierry-Mieg, 1904; Le Naturaliste 26 (415): 140, TS: Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen
Paraphnaeus (Aphnaeini) ; [BK, 181]
Aphnaeus (Aphnaeini) ; [BK, 179]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, [1782])

Sierra Leone - Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola. See [About maps] Common Silver Spot
Papilio orcas Drury, [1782]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3:index, 46, pl. 34, f. 2-3
Aphnaeus orgas[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 24-25 (missp.)]
Aphnaeus orcas ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 476]; [BK: 180, pl. 15, f. 176]; [AfrL]

Larva on Alchornea, Albizia [BK]

Aphnaeus argyrocyclus Holland, 1890

Ivory Coast, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Aphnaeus argyroclus ; [BAFR, 476]
Aphnaeus argyrocyclus ; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus nyanzae Stempffer, 1954

Uganda (Katera). See [About maps] Aphnaeus nyanzae Stempffer, 1954; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 105: 499, TL: Katera, Sango Bay, Uganda
Aphnaeus nyanzae ; [BAFR, 476]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus asterius Plötz, 1880

Sierra Leone, Gabon, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Aphnaeus asterius ; [BAFR, 476]; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 19-20]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus chapini (Holland, 1920)

-. See [About maps] Aphnaeus chapini ; [AfrL]

A. c. chapini

E.Zaire Aphnaeus chapini chapini ; [BAFR, 476 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. c. ugandae Stempffer, 1961

Uganda Aphnaeus chapini ugandae ; [BAFR, 476]; [AfrL]

A. c. occidentalis Clench, 1963

Cameroun, Congo Republic Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis Clench, 1963; Entomol. News 74: (43-49), TL: Efulen, Cameroun
Aphnaeus chapini occidentalis ; [BAFR, 476 (text)]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus questiauxi Aurivillius, 1903

SE.Zaire, Zambia. See [About maps] Aphnaeus questiauxi ; [BAFR, 476]; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 26]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus herbuloti Stempffer, 1971

E.Cameroun. See [About maps] Aphnaeus herbuloti Stempffer, 1971; , TL: E. Cameroun, 8km N of Edéa
Aphnaeus herbuloti ; [BAFR, 476 (text)]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus jefferyi Hawker-Smith, 1928

W.Kenya, E.Uganda. See [About maps] Jeffery's Silver Spot
Aphnaeus jefferyi ; [BK: 180, pl. 15, f. 177]; [BAFR, 477]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus erikssoni Trimen, 1891

Angola, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Aphnaeus erikssoni Trimen, 1891; Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1891: 86
Aphnaeus erikssoni ; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 21]; [AfrL]

A. e. erikssoni

S.Angola, NW.Zambia, SE.Zaire Aphnaeus erikssoni erikssoni ; [BAFR, 477]; [AfrL]

A. e. mashunae Stempffer, 1954

Rhodesia Aphnaeus erikssoni mashunae Stempffer, 1954; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 105: 507
Aphnaeus erikssoni mashunae ; [BAFR, 477 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. e. barnesi Stempffer, 1954

Rhodesia Aphnaeus erikssoni barnesi Stempffer, 1954; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 105: 507
Aphnaeus erikssoni barnesi ; [BAFR, 477]; [AfrL]

A. e. rex Aurivillius, 1909

Malawi, Rhodesia, SE.Tanzania, NE.Zambia, Mozambique Aphnaeus erikssoni rex Aurivillius, 1909; Ark. Zool. (5) 5: 5-6
Aphnaeus erikssoni rex ; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 27]; [BAFR, 477 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. e. ssp. [Cotterell?]

SW.Rhodesia (Bulawayo) Aphnaeus erikssoni ssp. ; [BAFR, 477]

A. e. kiellandi Stempffer, 1972

SW.Tanzania (Mpanda, Kigoma) Aphnaeus erikssoni kiellandi ; [BAFR, 477 (text)]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus gilloni Stempffer, 1966

Ivory Coast (Lampto). See [About maps] Aphnaeus gilloni ; [BAFR, 477]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus affinis Riley, 1921

SE.Zaire, N.Zambia. See [About maps] seydeli Berger, 1952²
Aphnaeus affinis ; [BAFR, 477]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus marshalli Neave, 1910

Rhodesia, Tanzania. See [About maps] Aphnaeus marshalli Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910: 48
Aphnaeus marshalli ; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 23]; [BAFR, 477]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus neavei Bethune-Baker, 1926

NE.Kenya. See [About maps] Neave's Silver Spot
Aphnaeus neavei ; [BK: 180, pl. 15, f. 178]; [BAFR, 477]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus coronae Talbot, 1935

-. See [About maps] Crown Silver Spot
Aphnaeus coronae ; [AfrL]

A. c. coronae

Uganda, S.Sudan Aphnaeus coronae coronae ; [BAFR, 477]; [AfrL]

A. c. littoralis Carcasson, 1964

E.Kenya (N of Mombasa) Aphnaeus coronae littoralis ; [BAFR, 477 (text)]; [BK: 180, pl. 15, f. 179]; [AfrL]

Larva on Brachystegia? [BK]

Aphnaeus jacksoni Stempffer, 1954

N.Kenya - N.Uganda (Karamoja). See [About maps] Jackson's Silver Spot
Aphnaeus jacksoni ; [BK: 180, pl. 15, f. 180]; [BAFR, 478]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus adamsi Stempffer, 1954

Cameroun, SC.Zaire. See [About maps] Aphnaeus adamsi ; [BAFR, 478]; [BK, 181 (note)]; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus williamsi Carcasson, 1964

E.Kenya (coast). See [About maps] Aphnaeus flavescens williamsi ; [BK: 181, pl. 15, f. 181]; [BAFR, 478]
Aphnaeus williamsi ; [AfrL]

Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen, 1887

Botswana, Transvaal, Pretoria, Moçambique, Rhodesia - E.Africa - Somalia. See [About maps] Hutchinson's Silver Spot
Aphnaeus hutchinsonii Trimen, 1887; South-African Butts 2: 146-150
hutchinsoni drucei Neave, 1904²; , TL: Kisumu
Aphnaeus hutchinsonii ; [EBW, (text)]
Aphnaeus hutchinsoni ; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 22]
Aphnaeus hutchinsonii ; [AfrL]
Paraphnaeus hutchinsoni ; [BAFR, 478]; [BK: 181, pl. 15, f. 182]
Paraphnaeus hutchinsoni drucei ; [BK, 181 (note)]

Larva on Acacia, Entada, (attended by ants) [BK]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1909

Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. 9 Ark. Zool. (5) 5: 29pp, 10figs

Clench, 1963

Further notes on west African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) Entomol. News 74: 43-49

Drury, [1782]

Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: 76pp, 50pls

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Stempffer, 1954

A revision of the gens Aphnaeus Hbn. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 105: 493-516

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