Iolaus obscurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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 obscurus Aurivillius, [1923].

Type locality: Namibia: “Windhuk in the Damaraland”.

Typus: Holotype, tbc.

Iolaus obscurus Aurivillius, [1923]: 406. Original combination
Iolaus (Epamera) obscurus (Aurivillius, 1923); Stempffer & Bennett, 1959 [fig. & genit.]; Stempffer, 1967: 147; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 63; Collins et al., 2014.
Iolaus (Epamera) obscura (Aurivillius, 1923); Williams, 2023 [https://metamorphosis.org.za/articlesPDF/1214/416%20Genus%20Iolaus%20Huebner.pdf LIST "obscura" but contra suffix of Original combination
Epamera obscurus (Aurivillius, 1923); d’Abrera, 2009: 742

[?] *Iolaus yusuf Koçak, 1996 [invalid replacement name].

Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page.
Koçak, A.Ö. 1996. Complementary notes on the publication titled "Carcasson's African Butterflies" (Lepidoptera). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers 27/28: 1–16. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N. H. 1959. Revision des genres appartenant au groupe des Iolaus (Lep. Lycaenidae). (Deuxième Partie). Bulletin de la l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire (A) 21: 227–325. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, Figs. 229-348. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.