Iolaus scintillans

Jolaus scintillans, ♂, 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 scintillans

Name

Iolaus scintillans (Aurivillius, 1905).

Type locality: Sierra Leone: “Addah”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Jolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905: 13, pl.3, fig.2.
• Epamera gazei Druce, 1912: 129. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 148. Types: OUM: images ♂, images ♀.
• Iolaus (Epamera) scintillans (Aurivillius); Stempffer & Bennett, 1959: [genit.]; Stempffer, 1967: 148; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 70.

References

• Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1905. Lieutnant A. Schultzes Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12): 1–47, 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1912. Descriptions of new exotic Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 48: 128–133, pls 9,10. BHL text, pls. 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. 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.