Iolaus silas female as Anops silas from original description.
Thecla nega, ♂, from original description. = Iolaus silas

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 (Argiolaus)
Species: Iolaus silas

Name

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Iolaus silas Westwood, [1851].

Type locality: South Africa, Amazoulu.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

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  • Anops silas Westwood, [1851]: pl.74, fig.5 ♀.
  • Thecla nega Herrich-Schaffer, [1853]: pl.14 figs 51,52 ♂. Synonymy in Riley, 1928: 381.
  • Iolaus silas Westwood, 1852: 481; Hewitson, [1865]: 41.
  • Argiolaus silas (Westwood); Riley, 1928: 381.
  • Iolaus (Argiolaus) silas silas Westwood; Stempffer, 1967: 131
  • Iolaus (Argiolaus) silas Westwood; Collins et al., 2014: 110.

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