Iolaus caesareus

Iolaus caesareus, ♂, from Seitz, Vol. 13.

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 (Argiolaus)
Species: Iolaus caesareus
Subspecies:
I. c. caesareus – I. c. cleopatrae

Name

Iolaus caesareus (Aurivillius, 1895).

Type locality: Cameroon, "Itoki".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Jolaus (Argiolaus) caesareus Aurivillius, 1895: 213.
• Iolaus caesareus (Aurivillius); Aurivillius, [1922]: 395, Pl.67f.
• Iolaus (Iolaphilus) caesareus (Aurivillius); Stempffer, 1967: 135; Bridges, 1994: 86.
• Iolaus (Argiolaus) caesareus (Aurivillius); Williams, 2007: Iolaina 116.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun 2. Tagfalter 3. Entomologisk tidskrift 16: 195–220. Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. 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. 
• 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.