Iolaus
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| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Iolaus
Subgenera (9):
I. (Aphniolaus) –
I. (Argiolaus) –
I. (Epamera) –
I. (Iolaphilus) –
I. (Iolaus) –
I. (Philiolaus) –
I. (Pseudiolaus) –
I. (Tanuetheira) –
I. (Trichiolaus)
Overview of species[edit]
per Stempffer, 1967 & Williams, 2007.
I. adorabilis –
I. aemulus –
I. aethria –
I. aequatorialis –
I. agnes –
I. alcibiades –
I. alienus –
I. anesius –
I. apatosa –
I. aphnaeoides –
I. arborifera –
I. argentarius –
I. aurivillii –
I. australis –
I. bakeri –
I. banco –
I. bansana –
I. belli –
I. bellina –
I. bergeri –
I. bilineata –
I. bolissus –
I. caesareus –
I. calisto –
I. carina –
I. christofferi –
I. coelestis –
I. cottrelli –
I. crawshayi –
I. creta –
I. cytaeis –
I. diametra –
I. dianae –
I. djaloni –
I. dubiosa –
I. eurisus –
I. farquharsoni –
I. flavilinea –
I. fontainei –
I. frater –
I. gabunica –
I. gemmarius –
I. glaucus –
I. handmani –
I. helenae –
I. hemicyanus –
I. henryi –
I. iasis –
I. icipe –
I. ismenias –
I. iturensis –
I. iulus –
I. jacksoni –
I. jadwigae –
I. jamesoni –
I. kayonza –
I. kelle –
I. kupe –
I. laon –
I. laonides –
I. lalos –
I. liberiana –
I. likpe –
I. longicauda –
I. lukabas –
I. maesa –
I. manasei –
I. mane –
I. maritimus –
I. menas –
I. mermeros –
I. mermis –
I. mimosae –
I. montana –
I. moyambina –
I. ndolae –
I. neavei –
I. newporti –
I. nolaensis –
I. nursei –
I. obscurus –
I. ofere –
I. pallene –
I. pamae –
I. parasilanus –
I. paneperata –
I. penningtoni –
I. piaggiae –
I. poecilaon –
I. pollux –
I. poultoni –
I. pseudofrater –
I. pseudopollux –
I. sappirus –
I. schultzei –
I. scintillans –
I. sciophilus –
I. shaba –
I. sibella –
I. sidus –
I. silanus –
I. silarus –
I. silas –
I. stenogrammica –
I. stewarti –
I. sudanicus –
I. tajoraca –
I. theodori –
I. timon –
I. trimeni –
I. timon –
I. vansomereni –
I. violacea
Name[edit]
Iolaus Hübner, [1819]: 81.
Type species: Papilio eurisus Cramer, [1780]
Synonymy[edit]
- Jolaus Auctt. Mis-spelling.
- Epamera Druce, 1891: 139.
- Argiolaus Druce, 1891: 139.
- Tanuetheira Druce, 1891: 139.
- Jalous [sic] Hübner; Pagenstecher, 1897: 419, [mis-spelling?].
- Trichiolaus Aurivillius, 1898: 317.
- Aphniolaus Druce, 1902 [1903]: 117.
- Pseudiolaus Riley, 1928: 392.
- Iolaphilus Stempffer & Bennett, 1958: 1298.
- Philiolaus Stempffer & Bennett, 1958: 1336.
References[edit]
- Aurivillius, C. [1899]. RHOPALOCERA ǼTHIOPICA; die Tagfalter des Ǽthiopischen Faunengebietes… 31(5): 1-561. Reference page.
- Bayliss, J.L., Collins, S.C. & Congdon, T.C.E. 2016. A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] subgenus Epamera Druce, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from Mts Namuli and Mabu, Northern Mozambique. Metamorphosis 27: 23–30. PDF. Reference page.
- Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1995. A new Iolaus from the Shaba province of Zaire (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 95(3): 563–564. PDF. Reference page.
- Druce, H.H. 1891. On some African Butterflies hitherto referred to the Genus Iolaus, with Descriptions of new Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 8: 139–150. BHL. Reference page.
- Druce, H.H. 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 112–121, pls. 11,12. text, plates. Reference page.
- Heath, A., 1985. Revision of three Iolaus subgenera and descriptions of two new species of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Zambia. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9(18): 257–266. Reference page.
- Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page.
- Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page.
- Pagenstecher, A. F., 1897. In Kükenthal, W. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und in Borneo. Lepidopteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 353-467, pls 18-20. Reference page.
- Riley, N.D., 1928. Notes on Iolaus, Argiolaus and related genera with descriptions of new species, subspecies and a new genus. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Novitates Zoologicae 34: 374-394. BHL. Reference page.
- Sáfián, S. 2017. Three new species in the genus Iolaus Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from West Africa. Metamorphosis 28: 2–10. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Sáfián, S. & Collins, S.C. 2022. A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the subgenus Argiolaus Druce, 1891 from Kenya. Metamorphosis 33: 42–47. PDF. Reference page.
- Sharpe, E., 1904. On new species of butterflies from equatorial Africa. Entomologist. 37: 202-204. BHL. Reference page.
- Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N.H. 1958. Revision des genres appartenant au groupe des Iolaus (Lep. Lycaenidae). (Premiere Partie). Bulletin de la l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire (A) 20: 1243–1347. Reference page.
- Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
- Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.
Links[edit]
- Williams, M. Afrotropical Butterflies. Consulted 26.iv.2009.