Iolaus newporti

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 (Philiolaus)
Species: Iolaus newporti

Name

Iolaus newporti Larsen, 1994.

Type locality: Nigeria: "Zuru, Sokoto State" [near the Kainji Dam (Larsen, 2005)].

Holotype: BMNH, 2.v.1980, (K. Stiff leg.), in coll. M. Stewart.

Synonymy

• Iolaus (Iolaphilus) newporti Larsen, 1994. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 106 (11-12): 197
• Iolaus (Philiolaus) newporti Larsen; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 104.

References

• Larsen, T.B., 1994. Iolaus newporti, a new species of Lycaenidae from Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 106 (11-12): 197–200. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.