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Axiocerses

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Also known as Scarlet

Axiocerses is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
126
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
YPM, SAM, NHMUK
Recorded in
Tanzania, Angola, Kenya, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Sierra Leone, South Africa

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Aphnaeinae
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taxon name
Axiocerses
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Axiocerses
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Axiocerses is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

==Species== Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881) Axiocerses argenteomaculata Pagenstecher, 1902 Axiocerses bambana Grose-Smith, 1900 Axiocerses bamptoni Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses callaghani Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses coalescens Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses collinsi Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses croesus (Trimen, 1862) Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775) Axiocerses heathi Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948 Axiocerses karinae Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses kiellandi Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses maureli Dufrane, 1954 Axiocerses melanica Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses nyika Quickelberge, 1984 Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889) Axiocerses styx Rebel, 1908 Axiocerses susanae Henning & Henning, 1996 Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)

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