Iolaus hemicyanus hemicyanus

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 hemicyanus
Subspecies: Iolaus hemicyanus hemicyanus

Name

Iolaus hemicyanus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904.

Type locality: Uganda: “Entebbe”.

Holotype: ♂ "v.1900, H.B. Rattray", repository tbc.

Synonymy

• Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904: 203.
• Jolaus bryki Aurivillius, 1925: 210. Uganda/Kenya: “Elgon”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Iolaina 46.
• Epamera barbara toroensis Riley, 1929: 495. Uganda: “Mpanda Forest, Toro, 4,800 ft”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Iolaina 46. Paratype: ♂ OUMNH, images
• Iolaus (Epamera) hemicyanus hemicyanus Sharpe; Stempffer, 1967: 146; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 45.

References

• Aurivillius, P.O.C., 1925. Om F. Bryks samlingar i Ost-Afrika. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 46: 206–212. Reference page. 
• Eltringham, H., Poulton, E.B., Riley, N.D. & Talbot, G. 1929. African Rhopalocera: descriptions and notes. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 77: 475–504. Reference page. 
• Sharpe, E., 1904. On new species of butterflies from equatorial Africa. Entomologist. 37: 202-204. 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.