Aphnaeinae

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

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

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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