Iolaus timon timon

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 (Tanuetheira)
Species: Iolaus timon
Subspecies: Iolaus timon timon

Name

Iolaus timon timon (Fabricius, 1787).

Type locality: [Africa]: “America meridionali”. [False locality].

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Papilio timon Fabricius, 1787: 65.
• Tanuetheira timon (Fabricius); Druce, 1891: 148.
• Tanutheira prometheus Druce, 1891: 149. Sierra Leone. Synonymized by D’Abrera' 1980.
• Iolaus (Tanuetheira) timon promethus [sic] (Fabricius); Stempffer, 1967: 129
• Iolaus (Tanuetheira) timon timon (Fabricius); Stempffer, 1967: 129; Bridges, 1994: VIII.464; Williams, 2007: 132.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Druce, H.H. 1891. On some African Butterflies hitherto referred to the Genus Iolaus, with Descriptions of new Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 8: 139–150. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 2: 382 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.