<strong>Two new <em>Aphnaeus</em> (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) species from Liberia</strong>

SZABOLCS SÁFIÁN; MICHEL LIBERT; STEVE C. COLLINS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.7

Issue: Vol. 3718 No. 2: 3 Oct. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-10-03

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.7

Page range: 193–199

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**Two new Aphnaeus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) species from Liberia**

SZABOLCS SÁFIÁN⁺⁻
MICHEL LIBERT⁺⁻
STEVE C. COLLINS⁺⁻

Aphnaeus mirabilis sp. n. Aphnaeus nimbaensis sp. n. Nimba Mountains West Africa

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Abstract

Two new butterfly species belonging to the genus Aphnaeus (Lycaenidae: Theclinae), A. mirabilis sp. n., A. nimbaensis sp. n. were found in the Nimba Mountains, Western Range, Liberia in February 2012. Both are illustrated and described in comparison with closely related species: A. flavescens Stempffer, 1954 and A. liberti Bouyer, 1996, respectively. Genitalia of the male holotype of A. nimbaensis are also illustrated.