Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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 (Tanuetheira)
Species: Iolaus timon
Subspecies: Iolaus timon timon

Name

Iolaus timon timon (Fabricius, 1787).

Type locality: [Africa]: “America meridionali”. [False locality].

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Papilio timon Fabricius, 1787: 65.
  • Tanuetheira timon (Fabricius); Druce, 1891: 148.
  • Tanutheira prometheus Druce, 1891: 149. Sierra Leone. Synonymized by D’Abrera' 1980.
  • Iolaus (Tanuetheira) timon promethus [sic] (Fabricius); Stempffer, 1967: 129
  • Iolaus (Tanuetheira) timon timon (Fabricius); Stempffer, 1967: 129; Bridges, 1994: VIII.464; Williams, 2007: 132.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
  • Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 2: 382 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page. 
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