Iolaus iulus

Iolaus iulus, ♀, ♂, 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 (Iolaphilus)
Species: Iolaus iulus

Name

Iolaus iulus Hewitson, [1869].

Type locality: Sierra Leone: “Sherborough Island”.

Syntypes: ♂,♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Iolaus iulus Hewitson, [1869]: Suppl. 9, Suppl. 4, figs 41-43; Kirby, 1871: 410.
• Jolaus aelianus Staudinger, 1891: 148. Sierra Leone. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Iolaina 100.
• Jolaus matilda Suffert, 1904: 64. Togo: “Bismarckburg”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Iolaina 100.
• Argiolaus jamesoni entebbeae Riley, 1928: 376, pls.10,11, figs 6,7. Uganda: “Entebbe”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Iolaina 100.
• Iolaus (Iolaphilus) julus [sic] Hewitson; Stempffer & Bennett, 1958 [genit]; Stempffer, 1967: 135; Bridges, 1994: VIII.236.
• Iolaus (Iolaphilus) iulus Hewitson; Larsen, 2005; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 97.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O., 1891. Neue exotische Lepidopteren. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 4: 61-158, pls. 1-4. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N.H. 1958. Revision des genres appartenant au groupe des Iolaus (Lep. Lycaenidae). (Premiere Partie). Bulletin de la l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire (A) 20: 1243–1347. 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.