Iolaus calisto

Iolaus calisto from Westwood, 1851.

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 (Philiolaus)
Species: Iolaus calisto

Name

Iolaus calisto Westwood, 1851.

Type locality: Sierra Leone.

Holotype: ♂ tbc.

Synonymy

• Anthene? calisto "Boisduval MS"; Doubleday, 1847: 28.
• Anthene calisto Westwood, [1851]: pl.75, fig.6.
• Thecla calisto "Boisduval MS"; Westwood, [1852]: 487.
• Iolaus (Iolaphilus) calisto (Doubleday, Westwood & Hewitson) [sic]; Stempffer & Bennett, 1958: 1325, fig.85; Clench, 1965: 352.
• Iolaus (Iolaphilus) calisto (Doubleday & Hewitson) [sic]; Stempffer, 1967: 135.
• Iolaus (Philiolaus) calisto (Westwood); Williams, 2007: Iolaina 108.

References

• Clench, H. K., 1965. In Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., & Miller, L.D.. The butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 19: [iv], ii, 1-438. BHL. Reference page. 
• Collins, S.C. & Larsen, T.B. 2000. Eight new species and five new subspecies of African butterflies (Rhopalocera) an ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis 11(2): 57–75. PDF. Reference page. 
• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL 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, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.