Iolaus eurisus

Iolaus eurisus (Cramer), ♂, 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 (Iolaus)
Species: Iolaus eurisus
Subspecies: I. e. eurisus – I. e. susurro – I. e. vexillarius

Name

Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, [1780]).

Type locality: “Guine”. [Guinea (Conakry, eastwards), Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and Cross River loop) - Williams, 2007].

Holotype: ♂ BMNH?

Synonymy

• Papilio eurisus Cramer, [1780]: 47, Pl.221, figs D,E.
• Jolaus thuraui Suffert, 1904: 67, TL: Misahöhe, Togo. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 139.
• Iolaus (Iolaus) eurisus (Cramer); Stempffer, 1967: 139; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 7.

References

• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. 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. 
• Suffert, E. 1904. Neue afrikanische Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 17: 12–107. BHL. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.