Aphnaeinae

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Aphnaeinae
Spindasis syama.jpg
Club silverline, Cigaritis syama
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Aphnaeinae
Distant, 1884

The Aphnaeinae are a subfamily of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Systematics[]

Until recently, this taxon used to be considered a tribe (called Aphnaeini) within the subfamily Theclinae.

Genera[]

Modern authors recognize 17 genera:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Boyle, J.H., Kaliszewska, Z.A., Espeland, M., Suderman, T.R., Fleming, J., Heath, A., & Pierce, N.E., 2015. Phylogeny of the Aphnaeinae: myrmecophilous African butterflies with carnivorous and herbivorous life histories. Systematic entomology 40(1): 169–182.


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