Iolaus diametra congco
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Iolaus
Subgenus: Iolaus (Epamera)
Species: Iolaus diametra
Subspecies: Iolaus diametra congco
Name
[edit]Iolaus diametra congco Lamas, 2007.
Type locality: Kenya: “Jilore Forest, 200 ft, x.1979, S C Collins”.
Holotype: ♂ ABRI.
Synonymy
[edit]- Epamera diametra littoralis Congdon & Collins, 1998: 91. Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Iolaus (Argioluas) crawshayi littoralis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958.
- Iolaus (Epamera) diametra littoralis (Congdon & Collins); Williams, 2007: Iolaina 31.
- Iolaus (Epametra) diametra congco Lamas, 2007: 129. Replacement name.
References
[edit]- Congdon, C. & Collins, S. 1998. Kielland’s butterflies of Tanzania. Supplement. African Butterfly Research Institute & Union des Entomologistes Belges, Nairobi & Tervuren, 143 pp. Reference page.
- Lamas, 2007. Four new names for Afrotropical Lycaenidae. Metamorphosis 18 (4): 128–130. Full article (PDF) 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.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.