''Iolaus'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. The genera ''
Argiolaus'', ''
Epamera'', ''
Iolaphilus'' and ''
Stugeta
''Stugeta'' is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also ca ...
'' are often included in ''Iolaus''. ''Iolaus'' species are found in the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
.There are ca. 130 species in ''Iolaus''
Species
.
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Subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
''Iolaus''
Hübner, 819
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Year 819 (Roman numerals, DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Louis the Pious, Louis I marries Judith ...
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**''Iolaus bilineata
''Iolaus bilineata'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally ...
'' Bethune-Baker, 1908
**'' Iolaus bolissus'' Hewitson, 1873
**'' Iolaus carina'' Hewitson, 1873
**'' Iolaus eurisus'' (Cramer, 780
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*Subgenus ''Epamera'' Druce, 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
''Iolaus creta'', the blotched sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tshopo and Kivu) and Uganda
...
'' 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
''Iolaus frater'', the brotherly sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The habitat consists of upland ...
'' (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
''Iolaus mafugae'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda (the Kigezi District) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu
Kivu was the name for a large "region" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the r ...
'' (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 ''Aphniolaus'' Druce, 1902Iolaus ismenias
''Iolaus ismenias'', the white sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. ...
'' (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
''Iolaus paneperata'', the parallel sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River ...
'' Druce, 1890
**'' Iolaus parasilanus'' Rebel, 1914
**'' Iolaus poecilaon'' (Riley, 1928)
**'' Iolaus theodori'' Stempffer, 1970
**'' Iolaus vansomereni'' (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
*Subgenus ''Iolaphilus'' Stempffer & 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
''Iolaus shaba'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Cong ...
'' Collins & Larsen, 1995
**'' Iolaus trimeni'' Wallengren, 1875
*Subgenus ''Argiolaus'' Druce, 1891
**'' Iolaus aequatorialis'' (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
**'' Iolaus bergeri'' (Stempffer, 1953)
**''Iolaus caesareus
''Iolaus caesareus'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RD ...
'' 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, 851
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Year 851 ( DCCCLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Asia
* Bagrat II Bagratuni, Armenian prince and leader of a rebellion against the Abbasi ...
**'' Iolaus stewarti'' Heath, 1985
*Subgenus ''Pseudiolaus'' Riley, 1928
**'' Iolaus lulua'' (Riley, 1944)
**'' Iolaus poultoni'' (Riley, 1928)
*Subgenus ''Tanuetheira'' Druce, 1891
**'' Iolaus timon'' (Fabricius, 1787)
*Subgenus ''Trichiolaus'' Aurivillius, 1898
**'' Iolaus argentarius'' Butler, 1879
**'' Iolaus mermeros'' (Mabille, 1878)
References
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.
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