Iolaus argentarius

leucoceros Oberthür, 1916.

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 (Trichiolaus)
Species: Iolaus argentarius

Name

Iolaus argentarius Butler, 1879.

Type locality: Madagascar: “Antananarivo”.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Iolaus argentarius Butler, 1879: 231.
• Trichiolaus argentarius (Butler); Aurivillius, 1898: 318.
• Hypolycaena leucoceros Oberthür, 1916: 173, Pl.337, figs 2831,2832. Madagascar: “Environs de Tamatave... à Antananarivo”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 128.
• Iolaus (Trichiolaus) argentarius (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 128; Bridges, 1994: VIII.40; Williams, 2007: 134.

References

• Aurivillius, P. [1898]: Bemerkungen zu den von J. Chr. Fabricius aus dänischen Sammlungen beschriebenen Lepidopteren. Entomologisk tidskrift 18: 139–174. BHL Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Butler, A.G. 1879a. Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with Notes on some of the Forms already described. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)4: 227–246. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1916. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 11: 1-288, Pls.316-372. 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.