Aphnaeus questiauxi

Life-forms

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: 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 questiauxi
Name

Aphnaeus questiauxi Aurivillius, 1903.

Type locality: Zaire, Katanga.

Holotype: ♂ IRSN Brussels: Katanga, Zaire (L. Questiaux)". Neallotype: ♀ ABRI: "N. Zambia, Mkushi, 10.ix.1978 (A. Heath)", designated by Libert, 2013: 85.
Synonymy

Aphnaeus questiauxi Aurivillius, 1903: 252; Neave, 1910: 48, pl. 2, fig. 4 ♀; Stempffer, 1967: 153; Libert, 2013: 84, pl. 9.

References

Aurivillius, C. 1903. Verzeichnis einer Schmetterlingssammlung aus dem Katanga-Gebiete im südwestlichen Theile des Congostaates. Arkiv för Zoologi 1: 245–254. 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., 1910. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 2–86 text plates. 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.

Aphnaeus questiauxi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the south-eastern part of the country to Lualaba) and Zambia.[2]
References
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Aphnaeus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

"Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

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Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 h