Iolaus montana

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 (Argiolaus)
Species: Iolaus montana

Name

Iolaus montana Kielland, 1978.

Type locality: Tanzania: “Mpanda, Wanzizi Hills, 1450m”.

Holotype: ♂ ABRI, 1450m, (J. Kielland). Paratype ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Iolaphilus montana Kielland, 1978: 199, text-fig.31, pl.11, figs.46-49.
• Iolaus (Iolaphilus) montana (Kielland); Bridges, 1994: VIII.308.
• Iolaus (Argiolaus) montana (Kielland); Williams, 2007: Iolaina 122.

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. 
• Kielland, J., 1978. A provisional checklist of the Rhopalocera of the Eastern side of Lake Tanganyika. Tijdschrift voor entomologie 121(4): 147–237, PDF Reference page. }}
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.