Iolaus arborifera

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 arborifera

Iolaus arborifera Butler, [1901].

Type locality: "Rororao, Kikuyu".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH 26.xi.1899.

Epamera arborifera Butler, [1901]: 927, Pl.58, Fig.2.
Iolaus (Epamera) arborifera (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 145, [Genit. & ♀ Fig.: Stempffer & Bennett, 1958]; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 17.

Butler, A.G. [1901]. On two consignments of butterflies collected by Mr. Richard Crawshay in the Kikuyu country of British East Africa in 1899 and 1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 911–946, Pl.58. text, Plate. 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, 348 figs. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.