Iolaus icipe

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 (Iolaphilus)
Species: Iolaus icipe

Name

Iolaus icipe Collins & Larsen, 1998.

Type locality: “Central African Republic, Yakoli (near Bangui).

Holotype: ABRI, ii.1997. Described from three males and a female; female from the type locality; males from Corniche, Bangui (Central African Republic) and Mbalmayo (Cameroon).

Synonymy

• Iolaus (Iolaphilus) icipe Collins & Larsen, 1998: 82, pl.1, figs F1-F3; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 97.

References

• Collins, S.C., & Larsen, T.B. 1998. Two new genera and eight new species of African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) - ABRI research paper No. 1. Metamorphosis 9(2): 66–85. PDF. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.