Iolaus crawshayi

Argiolaus crawshayi, ♀, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Iolaus
Subgenus: Iolaus (Argiolaus)
Species: Iolaus crawshayi
Subspecies: (6), per Stempffer, 1967: 131.
I. c. crawshayi – I. c. elgonae – I. c. littoralis – I. c. maureli – I. c. niloticus – I. c. nyanzae

Name

Iolaus crawshayi (Butler, [1901]).

Type locality: Kenya: “Kikuyu, 6,800 feet”.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Argiolus crawshayi Butler, 1901: 926, pl.58 fig.3.
• Argiolaus silas crawshayi Butler; Jackson, 1937: 214.
• Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi crawshayi (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 131; Collins et al., 2014: 110.

References

• Butler, A.G. [1901]. On two consignments of butterflies collected by Mr. Richard Crawshay in the Kikuyu country of British East Africa in 1899 and 1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 911–946, Pl.58. text, Plate. Reference page. 
• Collins, S.C., Congdon, T.C.E., Henning, G.A., Larsen, T.B. & Williams, M.C. 2014. A review of d’Abrera’s Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region – Part III (second edition), 2009 – Part 3 (Theclinae, Polyommatinae and Riodinidae). Metamorphosis 25(2): 109–122. PDF. Reference page. 
• Jackson, T.H.E., 1937. The early stages of some South African Lycaenidae (Lep.) with an account of larval habits. Trans. R. Ent. Soc. London 86(12): 201–238. 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.