Western silver spot | |
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Figure 10 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Aphnaeus |
Species: | A. brahami
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Binomial name | |
Aphnaeus brahami |
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.
The former species Aphnaeus coronae, found in Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, [2] is now included in A. brahami. [1]
Western silver spot | |
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Figure 10 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Aphnaeus |
Species: | A. brahami
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Binomial name | |
Aphnaeus brahami |
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.
The former species Aphnaeus coronae, found in Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, [2] is now included in A. brahami. [1]