Iolaus laon

Iolaus laon, ♀, from original description.

Iolaus laon, ♂, from Aurivillius, [1899]

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 laon

Name

Iolaus laon Hewitson, [1878].

Type locality: Ghana, "Gold Coast".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Iolaus laon Hewitson, [1878]: Suppl.28, Pl. Suppl.4a, figs 46,47.
• Jolaus (Epamera) laon (Hewitson); Aurivillius, 1897: 217, Fig.4.
• Jolaus laon (Hewitson); Aurivillius, [1899]: 324, Pl.6, Fig.1 ♂.
• Jolaus adamsi Lathy, 1903: 199, pl.8, fig.9. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 147.
• Jolaus emma Suffert, 1904: 69. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 147.
• Iolaus (Epamera) laon Hewitson; Stempffer, 1967: 147; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 48.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1897. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. 3. Entomologisk tidskrift 18: 213–222. BHL Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, C. [1899]. RHOPALOCERA ǼTHIOPICA; die Tagfalter des Ǽthiopischen Faunengebietes… 31(5): 1-561. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Lathy, P. I., 1903. An account of a collection of Rhopalocera made on the Anambara Creek in Nigeria, West Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 183–206, Pl.8. 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. 
• 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.