Iolaus aphnaeoides

Iolaus aphnaeoides, ♀.

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 aphnaeoides
Subspecies: per Williams, 2007.
I. a. aphnaeoides – I. a. mafugae – I. a. nasissii

Name

Iolaus aphnaeoides Trimen, 1873.

Type locality: South Africa: “Grahamstown”.

Syntypes: ♂ ♀ "Grahamstown Museum".

Synonymy

• Iolaus aphnaeoides Trimen, 1873 (May): 110; Hewitson, [1878] (Suppl.) (November): 28, pl.4a, figs 50-51.
• Iolaus canissus Hewitson, 1873: 123. “South Africa”.
• Iolaus (Epamera) aphnaeoides aphnaeoides Trimen; Stempffer, 1967: 145.

References

• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1873. Descriptions of nine new Lycaenidae from the west coast of Africa. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 10: 122–125. 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. 
• Trimen, R., 1873. On some new species of butterflies discovered in extra-tropical Southern Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 101–124, pl.1. text, plate. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.