Iolaus glaucus

Jolaus jordanus 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 (Epamera)
Species: Iolaus glaucus

Name

Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886.

Type locality: Somalia: “Duderi”.

Holotype: ♂ 26.iv.1884 (Yerbury) BMNH.

Synonymy

• Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886: 766.
• Jolaus jordanus Staudinger, 1897: 153, pl.5 fig.5. Israel/Jordan: “Jordanthal (Palästina)”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Iolaina 43.
• Iolaus (Epamera) glaucus (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 146; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 42.

References

• Butler, A. G., [1886]. An account of two collections of Lepidoptera recently received from Somali-land. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(4): 756–776, pl. 47. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O., 1897. Drei neuer Paläarktische Lepidopteren Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 10: 152-156, pl.5. text, plate. 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.