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Szabolcs Sáfián1, Michel Libert, Steve C Collins
1Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, University of West Hungary, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky u. 4. H-9400 Sopron, Hungary. safian@bcghana.org
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.
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