Axiocerses

Axiocerses
A male Common scarlet (A. tjoane) in the Kruger National Park
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Aphnaeinae
Genus:	Axiocerses Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Chrysorychia Wallengren, 1857

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)

External links

• "Axiocerses Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Royal Museum of Central Africa Images