Iolaus

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
Subgenera (9):
I. (Aphniolaus) – I. (Argiolaus) – I. (Epamera) – I. (Iolaphilus) – I. (Iolaus) – I. (Philiolaus) – I. (Pseudiolaus) – I. (Tanuetheira) – I. (Trichiolaus)

Overview of species

per Stempffer, 1967 & Williams, 2007.
I. adorabilis – I. aemulus – I. aethria – I. aequatorialis – I. agnes – I. alcibiades – I. alienus – I. anesius – I. apatosa – I. aphnaeoides – I. arborifera – I. argentarius – I. aurivillii – I. australis – I. bakeri – I. banco – I. bansana – I. belli – I. bellina – I. bergeri – I. bilineata – I. bolissus – I. caesareus – I. calisto – I. carina – I. christofferi – I. coelestis – I. cottrelli – I. crawshayi – I. creta – I. cytaeis – I. diametra – I. dianae – I. djaloni – I. dubiosa – I. eurisus – I. farquharsoni – I. flavilinea – I. fontainei – I. frater – I. gabunica – I. gemmarius – I. glaucus – I. handmani – I. helenae – I. hemicyanus – I. henryi – I. iasis – I. icipe – I. ismenias – I. iturensis – I. iulus – I. jacksoni – I. jadwigae – I. jamesoni – I. kayonza – I. kelle – I. kupe – I. laon – I. laonides – I. lalos – I. liberiana – I. likpe – I. longicauda – I. lukabas – I. maesa – I. manasei – I. mane – I. maritimus – I. menas – I. mermeros – I. mermis – I. mimosae – I. montana – I. moyambina – I. ndolae – I. neavei – I. newporti – I. nolaensis – I. nursei – I. obscurus – I. ofere – I. pallene – I. pamae – I. parasilanus – I. paneperata – I. penningtoni – I. piaggiae – I. poecilaon – I. pollux – I. poultoni – I. pseudofrater – I. pseudopollux – I. sappirus – I. schultzei – I. scintillans – I. sciophilus – I. shaba – I. sibella – I. sidus – I. silanus – I. silarus – I. silas – I. stenogrammica – I. stewarti – I. sudanicus – I. tajoraca – I. theodori – I. timon – I. trimeni – I. timon – I. vansomereni – I. violacea

Name

Iolaus Hübner, [1819]: 81.

Type species: Papilio eurisus Cramer, [1780]

Synonymy

Jolaus Auctt. Mis-spelling.
Epamera Druce, 1891: 139.
Argiolaus Druce, 1891: 139.
Tanuetheira Druce, 1891: 139.
Jalous [sic] Hübner; Pagenstecher, 1897: 419, [mis-spelling?].
Trichiolaus Aurivillius, 1898: 317.
Aphniolaus Druce, 1902 [1903]: 117.
Pseudiolaus Riley, 1928: 392.
Iolaphilus Stempffer & Bennett, 1958: 1298.
Philiolaus Stempffer & Bennett, 1958: 1336.

References

Aurivillius, C. [1899]. RHOPALOCERA ǼTHIOPICA; die Tagfalter des Ǽthiopischen Faunengebietes… 31(5): 1-561. Reference page.
Bayliss, J.L., Collins, S.C. & Congdon, T.C.E. 2016. A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] subgenus Epamera Druce, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from Mts Namuli and Mabu, Northern Mozambique. Metamorphosis 27: 23–30. PDF. Reference page.
Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1995. A new Iolaus from the Shaba province of Zaire (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 95(3): 563–564. PDF. Reference page.
Druce, H.H. 1891. On some African Butterflies hitherto referred to the Genus Iolaus, with Descriptions of new Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 8: 139–150. BHL. Reference page.
Druce, H.H. 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 112–121, pls. 11,12. text, plates. Reference page.
Heath, A., 1985. Revision of three Iolaus subgenera and descriptions of two new species of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Zambia. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9(18): 257–266. Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page.
Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page.
Pagenstecher, A. F., 1897. In Kükenthal, W. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und in Borneo. Lepidopteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 353-467, pls 18-20. Reference page.
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.
Sáfián, S. 2017. Three new species in the genus Iolaus Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from West Africa. Metamorphosis 28: 2–10. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Sáfián, S. & Collins, S.C. 2022. A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the subgenus Argiolaus Druce, 1891 from Kenya. Metamorphosis 33: 42–47. PDF. Reference page.
Sharpe, E., 1904. On new species of butterflies from equatorial Africa. Entomologist. 37: 202-204. BHL. 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.
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.
Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Links

Williams, M. Afrotropical Butterflies. Consulted 26.iv.2009.