Iolaus aethria

Iolaus aethria, as E. mirabilis in Druce, 1907.

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 aethria

Name

Iolaus aethria Karsch, 1893.

Type locality: West Africa, Togo, "Bismarckburg".

Holotype: ♂ tbc "x.1891".

Synonymy

• Iolaus aethria Karsch, 1893: 220; .
• Epamera mirabilis, Druce, 1903: 71; 1907: Pl.2 Fig.8. Synonymy in Riley, 1928: 390.
• Iolaus (Epamera) aethria Karsch; Stempffer, 1967: 144.

References

• Druce, H.H. 1903. Descriptions of Four new Species of West-African Lycaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11: 69–72. BHL. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1907. Descriptions of some new butterflies from tropical Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 77–82. BHL. Reference page. 
• Karsch, F., 1893. Die Insekten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 38: 1-266. 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. 
• 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.