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Axiocerses melanica

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Species of butterfly

Axiocerses melanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Axiocerses
Species: A. melanica
Binomial name
Axiocerses melanica
Henning & Henning, 1996

Axiocerses melanica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zambia. The habitat consists of moist woodland.

Adults have been recorded in October, November, February, March and April.

Subspecies

  • Axiocerses melanica melanica (central Zambia)
  • Axiocerses melanica aurata Henning & Henning, 1996 (north-western Zambia)

References

  1. Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 3)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
Taxon identifiers
Axiocerses melanica


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