Aphnaeus brahami explained

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.^[1] The habitat consists of the Guinea/Sudan savanna transition zone.

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

Subspecies

• 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

External links

• Aphnaeus brahami Lathy, 1903 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 c

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4) . 2012-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001705/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_4.doc . 2016-03-04 . dead .
2. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4) . 2012-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001705/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_4.doc . 2016-03-04 . dead .