Taxonavigation

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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 pollux
Subspecies:
I. p. albocaerulea – I. p. oberthueri – I. p. pollux

Name

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Iolaus pollux (Aurivillius, 1895).

Type locality: Cameroon: “Itoki, N’Dian”.

Syntypes: 3♂♂, tbc.

Synonymy

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  • Jolaus (Epamera) pollux Aurivillius, 1895: 213.
  • Iolaus belli Aurivillius, [1899]: 325 nec Hewitson, [1869]: 9. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 147.
  • Iolaus parva Bethune-Baker, 1926: 395. Cameroon: “Bitje, Cameroons, 2000 ft”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 147.
  • Iolaus (Epamera) pollux (Aurivillius); Stempffer & Bennett, 1959, [genit.]; Stempffer, 1967: 147; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 66.

References

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Vernacular names

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English: Pollux Sapphire