''Lipaphnaeus'' is an
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. The genus was erected by
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist.
Life
Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden. He was the director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Coleop ...
in 1916.
Species
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Lipaphnaeus aderna''
(Plötz, 1880)
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Lipaphnaeus eustorgia''
(Hulstaert, 1924)
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Lipaphnaeus leonina''
(Sharpe, 1890)
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Lipaphnaeus loxura''
(Rebel, 1914)
External links
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Aphnaeinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
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