Iolaus flavilinea

Epamera flavilinea, male, 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 (Epamera)
Species: Iolaus flavilinea

Name

Iolaus flavilinea Riley, 1928.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Epamera flavilinea Riley, 1928: 389, pls 10,11 fig.22.
• Iolaus (Epamera) flavilinea Riley; Stempffer, 1959 [fig. genit.]; Stempffer & Bennett, 1962 [♀]; Stempffer, 1967: 146; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 38.

References

• 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. 
• Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N. H. 1959. Revision des genres appartenant au groupe des Iolaus (Lep. Lycaenidae). (Deuxième Partie). Bulletin de la l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire (A) 21: 227–325. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1962. Contribution a l’étude des lépidoptères Lycaenidae d’Afrique tropicale et équatoriale. Bulletin de la l’Institut Francaise d’Afrique Noire (A) 24: 1135-1181. 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. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.