Aphnaeus jefferyi

Aphnaeus jefferyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aphnaeus
Species: A. jefferyi
Binomial name
Aphnaeus jefferyi
Hawker-Smith, 1928[1]

Aphnaeus jefferyi, 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.

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