Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Iolaus
Subgenus: Iolaus (Argiolaus)
Species: Iolaus crawshayi
Subspecies: Iolaus crawshayi crawshayi
Name
Iolaus crawshayi crawshayi (Butler, [1901]).
Type locality: Kenya: “Kikuyu, 6,800 feet”.
Holotype: ♀ BMNH.
Synonymy
- Argiolus crawshayi Butler, 1901: 926, pl.58 fig.3.
- Argiolaus silas crawshayi Butler; Jackson, 1937: 214.
- Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi crawshayi (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 131; Collins et al., 2014: 110.
References
- Butler, A.G. [1901]. On two consignments of butterflies collected by Mr. Richard Crawshay in the Kikuyu country of British East Africa in 1899 and 1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 911–946, Pl.58. text, Plate. Reference page.
- Collins, S.C., Congdon, T.C.E., Henning, G.A., Larsen, T.B. & Williams, M.C. 2014. A review of d’Abrera’s Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region – Part III (second edition), 2009 – Part 3 (Theclinae, Polyommatinae and Riodinidae). Metamorphosis 25(2): 109–122. PDF. Reference page.
- Jackson, T.H.E., 1937. The early stages of some South African Lycaenidae (Lep.) with an account of larval habits. Trans. R. Ent. Soc. London 86(12): 201–238. 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.