Iolaus pollux

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

Name

Iolaus pollux (Aurivillius, 1895).

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

Syntypes: 3♂♂, tbc.

Synonymy

• 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

• Aurivillius, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun 2. Tagfalter 3. Entomologisk tidskrift 16: 195–220. Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, C. [1899]. RHOPALOCERA ǼTHIOPICA; die Tagfalter des Ǽthiopischen Faunengebietes… 31(5): 1-561. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1926. Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from the Ethiopian Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 17: 384–402. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N. H. 1959. Revision des genres appartenant au groupe des Iolaus (Lep. Lycaenidae). (Deuxième Partie). Bulletin de la l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire (A) 21: 227–325. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 348 figs. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Pollux Sapphire