Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Iolaus
Subgenus: Iolaus (Argiolaus)
Species: Iolaus silas
Name
Iolaus silas Westwood, [1851].
Type locality: South Africa, Amazoulu.
Holotype: tbc.
Synonymy
- Anops silas Westwood, [1851]: pl.74, fig.5 ♀.
- Thecla nega Herrich-Schaffer, [1853]: pl.14 figs 51,52 ♂. Synonymy in Riley, 1928: 381.
- Iolaus silas Westwood, 1852: 481; Hewitson, [1865]: 41.
- Argiolaus silas (Westwood); Riley, 1928: 381.
- Iolaus (Argiolaus) silas silas Westwood; Stempffer, 1967: 131
- Iolaus (Argiolaus) silas Westwood; Collins et al., 2014: 110.
References
- Aurivillius, C. [1899]. Rhopalocera æthiopica; die Tagfalter des æthiopischen Faunengebietes… Bihang till Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar 31(5): 1–561. BHL. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8773 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.
- Druce, H.H. 1891. On some African Butterflies hitherto referred to the Genus Iolaus, with Descriptions of new Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 8: 139–150. BHL. Reference page.
- Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. 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.
- 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.
- Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.