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Aphnaeus jefferyi

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Aphnaeus jefferyi
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A. jefferyi
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Aphnaeus jefferyi
Hawker-Smith, 1928[1]

Aphnaeus jefferyi, the Jeffery's highflier or Jeffrey's silver spot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cameroon, western Kenya, Uganda (around Mount Elgon) and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of woodland.

References

  1. ^ Aphnaeus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4)