Iolaus menas
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Iolaus
Subgenus: Iolaus (Iolaphilus)
Species: Iolaus menas
Subspecies: per Williams, 2007:
I. m. menas –
I. m. tatiana
Name
[edit]Iolaus menas (Druce, 1890).
Type locality: Gambia: “W. Africa, Gambia”.
Syntypes: ♂,♀ BMNH.
Synonymy
[edit]- Iolaus menas Druce, 1890: 29.
- Iolaus (Iolaphilus) menas Druce; Stempffer, 1967: 135; Bridges, 1994: VIII.294; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 89.
References
[edit]- Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
- Druce, H.H. 1890. Descriptions of twelve new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands, in the collection of Herbert Druce. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 5: 24–31. BHL. 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.