Iolaus mermeros

mermeros from Oberthur, 1916.

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 (Trichiolaus)
Species: Iolaus mermeros

Name

Iolaus mermeros Mabille, 1878.

Type locality: “Madagascar”.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena mermeros Mabille, 1878: 82; 1887: 234, Pl.30, figs 5,5a,6,6a; Oberthur, 1916: 173, pl.337, figs 2825,2826.
• Iolaus (Trichiolaus) mermeros (Mabille); Stempffer, 1967: 128; Bridges, 1994: VIII.296; Williams, 2007: 134.

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. 
• Mabille, P., 1878. Lepidoptera Africana. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 3: 81–95. BHL. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1916. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 11: 1-288, Pls.316-372. 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.