Iolaus christofferi

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 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 (Philiolaus)
Species: Iolaus christofferi

Name

Iolaus christofferi Collins & Larsen, 2003.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Wak, Ngaoundere, northern Cameroun”.

Holotype: ♂ ABRI, i.2000, genitalia SCC 458.

Synonymy

• Iolaus christofferi Collins & Larsen, 2003: 79.
• Iolaus (Philiolaus) christofferi Collins & Larsen; Williams, 2007: Iolaina 103.

References

• Collins, S.C., Larsen, T.B. & Warren-Gash, H. 2003. Notes on Afrotropical butterflies with the description of eleven new species and four new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) – ABRI research paper No. 3. Metamorphosis 14(3): 63–110. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.