Iolaus violacea

Epamera violacea, ♂, ♀, 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 violacea

Name

Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928).

Type locality: Angola: “Pungo Andongo”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH v-vii.1875, (A. v. Homeyer); Allotype: ♀ 3.vii.1875.

Synonymy

• Epamera violacea Riley, 1928: 386. pls 10,11, figs 19,20.
• Iolaus katanganus Romieux, 1934: 141. TL: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Sud de Sankania; de la rivière Tantara”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 148.
• Iolaus (Epamera) violacea (Riley); Stempffer, 1967: 148; Bridges, 1994: VIII.487; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 82.

References

• 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. 
• Riley, N.D., 1928. Notes on Iolaus, Argiolaus and related genera with descriptions of new species, subspecies and a new genus. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Novitates Zoologicae 34: 374-394. BHL. Reference page. 
• Romieux, J. 1934. Description de Lépidoptères nouveaux du Haut-Katanga (Congo-Belge). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 16: 139–147. 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.