Iolaus aphnaeoides nasissii

Iolaus aphnaeoides nasissii, ♀, 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 aphnaeoides
Subspecies: Iolaus aphnaeoides nasissii

Name

Iolaus aphnaeoides nasissii (Riley, 1928).

Type locality: Kenya, Nasisi HilLs, 20 miles N. of Munias, 4,800 feet, 14.vi.1911. (S. A. Neave).

Holotypes: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Epamera aphnaeoides nasissii Riley, 1928: 391, Pl.X,XI, Fig.26.
• Iolaus (Epamera) aphnaeoides nasissii (Riley); Stempffer, 1967: 145.
• Iolaus (Epamera) nasissii (Riley); Williams, 2007: Iolaina 55.

References

• 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. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.