Iolaus fontainei

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 fontainei

Name

Iolaus fontainei Stempffer, 1956.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Léopoldville”.

Holotype: ♂ RMCA, images.

Synonymy

• Epamera fontainei Stempffer, 1956: 33; 1962: 1163 (♀).
• Iolaus (Epamera) fontainei (Stempffer); Stempffer, 1967: 146; Congdon and Bampton, 1996: 18 [larva and pupa illustrated in colour].

References

• Stempffer, H., 1956. Contributions a l'étude des Lépidoptères Lycaenidae de l'Afrique équatoriale. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 49: 7-54, 3 pls, 31 figs. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1962. Contribution a l’étude des lépidoptères Lycaenidae d’Afrique tropicale et équatoriale. Bulletin de la l’Institut Francaise d’Afrique Noire (A) 24: 1135-1181. 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.