Iolaus umbrosa

Hypolycaena umbrosa, ♂, from original description.

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 umbrosa

Name

Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, [1886]).

Type locality: "Somali-land".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena umbrosa Butler, [1886]: 766, pl.47, fig.6
• Jolaus umbrosus [sic] Butler; Aurivillius, 1905: 15.
• Iolaus (Epamera) umbrosa (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 148; Bridges, 1994: VIII.476; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 81.

References

• Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1905. Lieutnant A. Schultzes Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12): 1–47, 5 pls. text, plates. 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. 
• Butler, A. G., [1886]. An account of two collections of Lepidoptera recently received from Somali-land. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(4): 756–776, pl. 47. 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.