Iolaus mimosae

Iolaus mimosae Trimen, 1874, 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 mimosae
Subspecies: I. m. berbera – I. m. haemus – I. m. mimosae – I. m. pamelae – I. m. rhodosense

Name

Iolaus mimosae Trimen, 1874: 330.

Type locality: South Africa: “Grahamstown and King William’s Town, Cape Colony; Tsomo River, Kaffraria”.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Iolaus mimosae Trimen, 1974: 330, Pl.2, figs 1,2.
• Iolaus (Epamera) mimosae Trimen; Stempffer, 1967: 147; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 51.

References

• Dickson, C.G.C., 1976. Six new Southern African butterflies. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 88 (11): 273-380; (12): 307-314. 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. 
• Trimen, R., 1874. On some new species of South African Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 329-341. text, pl. 2. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.