Iolaus (butterfly)

Iolaus
Iolaus mimosae, figures 1 and 2
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Theclini
Genus:	Iolaus Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Papilio eurisus Cramer, 1779
Synonyms
Jolaus EpameraDruce, 1891 ArgiolausDruce, 1891 TanuetheiraDruce, 1891 TrichiolausAurivillius, 1898 AphniolausDruce, 1902 [1] PseudiolausRiley, 1928 IolaphilusStempffer & Bennett, 1958 PhiliolausStempffer & Bennett, 1958

Iolaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genera Argiolaus , Epamera , Iolaphilus and Stugeta are often included in Iolaus. Iolaus species are found in the Afrotropical realm.There are ca. 130 species in Iolaus

Species

Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana pars Iolaus Africa

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• Subgenus IolausHübner, [1819]
  • Iolaus bilineata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Iolaus bolissus Hewitson, 1873
  • Iolaus carina Hewitson, 1873
  • Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, [1780])
• Subgenus EpameraDruce, 1891
  • Iolaus adorabilis Collins & Larsen, 2008
  • Iolaus aemulus Trimen, 1895
  • Iolaus aethes Clench, 1965
  • Iolaus aethria Karsch, 1893
  • Iolaus agnes Aurivillius, 1898
  • Iolaus alienus (Trimen, 1898)
  • Iolaus apatosa (Stempffer, 1952)
  • Iolaus aphnaeoides Trimen, 1873
  • Iolaus arborifera (Butler, 1901)
  • Iolaus aurivillii Röber, 1900
  • Iolaus australis Stevenson, 1937
  • Iolaus bakeri (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus bamptoni (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
  • Iolaus banco Stempffer, 1966
  • Iolaus bansana Bethune-Baker, 1926
  • Iolaus belli Hewitson, 1869 (status unclear)
  • Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)
  • Iolaus coelestis Bethune-Baker, 1926
  • Iolaus congdoni (Kielland, 1985)
  • Iolaus creta Hewitson, 1878
  • Iolaus cytaeis Hewitson, 1875
  • Iolaus diametra Karsch, 1895
  • Iolaus djaloni Collins & Larsen, 1998
  • Iolaus dubiosa (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
  • Iolaus farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)
  • Iolaus flavilinea (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus fontainei (Stempffer, 1956)
  • Iolaus frater (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
  • Iolaus gemmarius (Druce, 1910)
  • Iolaus glaucus Butler, 1886
  • Iolaus handmani (Gifford, 1965)
  • Iolaus helenae Henning & Henning, 1989
  • Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904
  • Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865
  • Iolaus jacksoni (Stempffer, 1950)
  • Iolaus kelle Stempffer, 1967
  • Iolaus laon Hewitson, 1878
  • Iolaus leonis (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus longicauda (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
  • Iolaus maesa (Hewitson, 1862)
  • Iolaus mafugae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
  • Iolaus mermis (Druce, 1896)
  • Iolaus mimosae Trimen, 1874
  • Iolaus mongiro Stempffer, 1969
  • Iolaus moyambina (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
  • Iolaus nasisii (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus neavei (Druce, 1910)
  • Iolaus nolaensis (Stempffer, 1951)
  • Iolaus normani (Larsen, 1986)
  • Iolaus nursei Butler, 1896
  • Iolaus obscurus Aurivillius, 1923
  • Iolaus penningtoni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
  • Iolaus pollux Aurivillius, 1895
  • Iolaus pseudofrater Stempffer, 1962
  • Iolaus pseudopollux Stempffer, 1962
  • Iolaus sappirus (Druce, 1902)
  • Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905
  • Iolaus sciophilus (Schultze, 1916)
  • Iolaus sibella (Druce, 1910)
  • Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864
  • Iolaus silanus (Grose-Smith, 1889)
  • Iolaus stenogrammica (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905
  • Iolaus tajoraca Walker, 1870
  • Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886)
  • Iolaus violacea (Riley, 1928)
• Subgenus AphniolausDruce, 1902 ^[1]
  • Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857)
• Subgenus PhiliolausStempffer & Bennett, 1958
  • Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871
  • Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
  • Iolaus christofferi Collins & Larsen, 2003
  • Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834)
  • Iolaus laonides Aurivillius, 1898
  • Iolaus likpe Collins & Larsen, 2003
  • Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890
  • Iolaus mane Collins & Larsen, 2003
  • Iolaus newporti Larsen, 1994
  • Iolaus ofere Collins & Larsen, 2008
  • Iolaus paneperata Druce, 1890
  • Iolaus parasilanus Rebel, 1914
  • Iolaus poecilaon (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus theodori Stempffer, 1970
  • Iolaus vansomereni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
• Subgenus IolaphilusStempffer & Bennett, 1958
  • Iolaus aelianus Staudinger, 1891
  • Iolaus alexanderi Warren-Gash, 2003
  • Iolaus carolinae Collins & Larsen, 2000
  • Iolaus gabunica (Riley, 1928)
  • Iolaus henryi (Stempffer, 1961)
  • Iolaus icipe Collins & Larsen, 1998
  • Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869
  • Iolaus jamesoni (Druce, 1891)
  • Iolaus menas Druce, 1890
  • Iolaus schultzei Aurivillius, 1905
  • Iolaus shaba Collins & Larsen, 1995
  • Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875
• Subgenus ArgiolausDruce, 1891
  • Iolaus aequatorialis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
  • Iolaus bergeri (Stempffer, 1953)
  • Iolaus caesareus Aurivillius, 1895
  • Iolaus cottrelli (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
  • Iolaus crawshayi (Butler, 1901)
  • Iolaus dianae Heath, 1983
  • Iolaus iturensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
  • Iolaus kayonza (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
  • Iolaus lalos (Druce, 1896)
  • Iolaus manasei (Libert, 1993)
  • Iolaus maritimus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
  • Iolaus montana (Kielland, 1978)
  • Iolaus ndolae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
  • Iolaus pamae Heath, 1994
  • Iolaus silarus Druce, 1885
  • Iolaus silas (Westwood, [1851])
  • Iolaus stewarti Heath, 1985
• Subgenus PseudiolausRiley, 1928
  • Iolaus lulua (Riley, 1944)
  • Iolaus poultoni (Riley, 1928)
• Subgenus TanuetheiraDruce, 1891
  • Iolaus timon (Fabricius, 1787)
• Subgenus TrichiolausAurivillius, 1898
  • Iolaus argentarius Butler, 1879
  • Iolaus mermeros (Mabille, 1878)

References

1. Druce, Hamilton H. (1902). "On some new and little-known Butterflies of the Family Lycænidæ from the African, Australian, and Oriental Regions". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 2 (1): 117–118. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1902.tb08224.x.

External links

• "Iolaus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 et seq.