Iolaus Hübner, 1819is a synonym of Genus Hemiolaus Aurivillius, 1922This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 322
33641
568299 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 208
32654
567261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 197
32461
565431 | Families
Genera
Species | | Division | Ditrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186
32290
560864 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 74
20388
404639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 66
18154
371101 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 13
3266
144998 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 1005
38169 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Theclinae
Swainson, 1831
Hairstreaks, Strong Blues | 348
13640 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Iolaini
Riley, 1958
| 21
941 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Iolaus
Hübner, 1819
Royals, Sapphires | 318 | Species |
Subnodes of Iolaus Hübner, 1819 | Subgenus | Iolaus (Aphniolaus)
Druce, 1902
| 1 | Species | | Subgenus | Iolaus (Argiolaus)
Druce, 1891
| 31 | Species | | Subgenus | Iolaus (Epamera)
Druce, 1891
| 116 | Species | | Subgenus | Iolaus (Iolaphilus)
Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| 15 | Species | | Subgenus | Iolaus (Iolaus)
Hübner, 1819
Royals, Sapphires | 11 | Species | | Subgenus | Iolaus (Philiolaus)
Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| 22 | Species | | Subgenus | Iolaus (Pseudiolaus)
Riley, 1928
| 2 | Species | | Subgenus | Iolaus (Tanuetheira)
Druce, 1891
| 4 | Species | | Subgenus | Iolaus (Trichiolaus)
Aurivillius, 1898
| 0 | Species | | Species | Iolaus adamsi Lathy, 1903
| | | | Species | Iolaus adorabilis Collins & Larsen, 2008
| | | | Species | Iolaus aelianus Staudinger, 1891 ⇒ Iolaus (Iolaphilus) iulus
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus alberici Dufrane, 1945 ⇒ Epamera fuscomarginata
Blotched Sapphire | | | | Species | Iolaus albomaculatus Sharpe, 1904
Iasis Sapphire | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus anesius Hulstaert, 1924 ⇒ Iolaus (Iolaphilus) trimeni
Trimen´s Sapphire | | | | Species | Iolaus antifaunus Westwood, 0
| | | | Species | Iolaus anysides Röber, 1887
| | | | Species | Iolaus anysis Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus argentarius Butler, 1879
| | | | Species | Iolaus auricostalis Butler, 1896 ⇒ Hypolycaena auricostalis
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus aurora Clench, 1964
| | | | Species | Iolaus azureus Clench, 1964
| | | | Species | Iolaus bagus Kheil, 1884
| | | | Species | Iolaus barbara Suffert, 1904
| | | | Species | Iolaus belli Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus bertha Suffert, 1904
| | | | Species | Iolaus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905
| | | | Species | Iolaus boei Libert, 1993
| | | | Species | Iolaus bowkeri Trimen, 1864 ⇒ Stugeta mimetica
Bowker´s Sapphire | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus brazza Sáfián & Collins, 2022
| | | | Species | Iolaus bryki Aurivillius, 1925
| | | | Species | Iolaus bundali Sáfián, Bayliss & Congdon, 2022
| | | | Species | Iolaus caeculus Hopffer, 1855
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus canissus Hewitson, 1873 ⇒ Iolaus (Epamera) aphnaeoides
Yellow-banded Sapphire | | | | Species | Iolaus carpenteri Stempffer, 1946
| | | | Species | Iolaus catori Bethune-Baker, 1904 ⇒ Etesiolaus catori
Cator´s Sapphire, Small Green Sapphire | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus cervinus Röber, 1887 ⇒ Dacalana anysis cervinus
| | | | Species | Iolaus coeculus
| | | | Species | Iolaus collinsi Sáfián, Bayliss & Congdon, 2022
| | | | Species | Iolaus contractus Leech, 1890
| | | | Species | Iolaus cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908
| | | | Species | Iolaus cotys Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus cyrillus Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus diaeus Hewitson, 1865 ⇒ Tajuria diaeus
Straightline Royal | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus elgonae Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| | | | Species | Iolaus elisa Suffert, 1904
| | | | Species | Iolaus emma Suffert, 1904
| | | | Species | Iolaus ertli Aurivillius, 1916
| | | | Species | Iolaus ethiopica Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| | | | Species | Iolaus eurysides Hübner, 1823
| | | | Species | Iolaus gabonensis Stempffer, 1951
| | | | Species | Iolaus gatamaiyu Sáfián & Collins, 2022
| | | | Species | Iolaus giganteus Distant, 1881
| | | | Species | Iolaus helius Fabricius, 1781
| | | | Species | Iolaus iapix Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus iaspis Druce, 1890
| | | | Species | Iolaus icetas Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus inores Hewitson, 1872
| | | | Species | Iolaus isaeus Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus ister Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus ivani Sáfián & Collins, 2022
| | | | Species | Iolaus jadwigae Sáfián, 2017
| | | | Species | Iolaus jalysus Felder, 1865 ⇒ Tajuria mantra
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus jordanus Staudinger, 1897
| | | | Species | Iolaus julianus Staudinger, 1891
| | | | Species | Iolaus julius Staudinger, 1891
| | | | Species | Iolaus katanganus Romieux, 1934
| | | | Species | Iolaus kigezi Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| | | | Species | Iolaus kuehni Röber, 1887
| | | | Species | Iolaus kuhnei Röber, 1887
| | | | Species | Iolaus kupe Sáfián, 2017
| | | | Species | Iolaus kyabobo Larsen, 1996 ⇒ Etesiolaus kyabobo
Kyabobo Green Sapphire | | | | Species | Iolaus kyobobo
| | | | Species | Iolaus lasius Suffert, 1904
| | | | Species | Iolaus lekanion Druce, 1892
| | | | Species | Iolaus liberiana Sáfián, 2017
| | | | Species | Iolaus littoralis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| | | | Species | Iolaus luculentus Leech, 1890 ⇒ Tajuria matsutaroi
Chinese Royal | | | | Species | Iolaus lurisus
| | | | Species | Iolaus maculatus Hewitson, 1865
| | | | Species | Iolaus maesseni Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| | | | Species | Iolaus marmoreus Butler, 1866
| | | | Species | Iolaus matilda Suffert, 1904
| | | | Species | Iolaus maureli Dufrane, 1954
| | | | Species | Iolaus mermeros Mabille, 1878
| | | | Species | Iolaus mildbraedi Schultze, 1912
| | | | Species | Iolaus natalica Vári, 1976
| | | | Species | Iolaus niloticus Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| | | | Species | Iolaus njombe Sáfián, Bayliss & Congdon, 2022
| | | | Species | Iolaus nyanzae Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| | | | Species | Iolaus obscura
| | | | Species | Iolaus occidentalis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
| | | | Species | Iolaus ofere Collins & Larsen, 2008
| | | | Species | Iolaus orejus Hopffer, 1855
| | | | Species | Iolaus orientius Hulstaert, 1924
| | | | Species | Iolaus parva Bethune-Baker, 1926
| | | | Species | Iolaus piaggiae Oberthür, 1883
| | | | Species | Iolaus pinheyi Kielland, 1986 ⇒ Etesiolaus pinheyi
| | | | Species | Iolaus prometheus
| | | | Species | Iolaus rhodosense Stempffer & Bennett, 1959
| | | | Species | Iolaus sapphirhinus Röber, 1887
| | | | Species | Iolaus sapphirinus Aurivillius, 1897
| | | | Species | Iolaus spec Butler, 1896
| | | | Species | Iolaus subinfuscata Grünberg, 1910 ⇒ Stugeta subinfuscata
Dusky Sapphire | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Iolaus sudanica Aurivillius, 1905
| | | | Species | Iolaus thuraui Suffert, 1904
| | | | Species | Iolaus ugandae Stempffer, 1954
| | | | Species | Iolaus uluguru Sáfián, Bayliss & Congdon, 2022
| | | | Species | Iolaus umbrosus Butler, 1885
| | | | Species | Iolaus vexillarius Clench, 1964
Royal Sapphire | 1 | Subspecies |
Synonyms | Aphniolaus (Druce, 1902) | | Argiolaus (Druce, 1891) | | Epamera (Druce, 1891) | | Iolaphilus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) | | Jalous (sic Hübner; Pagenstecher, 1897) | | Jalous sic (Hübner; Pagenstecher, 1897) | | Philiolaus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) | | Pseudiolaus (Riley, 1928) | | Tanuetheira (Druce, 1891) | | Trichiolaus (Aurivillius, 1898) |
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Iolaus
Distribution of Iolaus Hübner, 1819 Angola
| Australia
| Bangladesh
| Belgium
| Benin
| Botswana
| Brazil
| Burkina Faso
| Cameroon
48 Species | Canada
| Central African Republic
| Chad
| Costa Rica
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
50 Species | Denmark
| Djibouti
| Equatorial Guinea
| Eritrea
| Estonia
| Ethiopia
| Finland
| France
| Gabon
| Gambia
| Georgia
| Germany
| Ghana
| Guinea
| Guinea-Bissau
| Guyana
| Iceland
| India
| Indonesia
7 Species | Iran
| Israel
| Ivory Coast
| Jamaica
| Japan
| Jordan
| Kenya
| Liberia
| Madagascar
| Malawi
| Malta
| Mauritius
| Mozambique
| Myanmar
| Namibia
| Netherlands
| New Zealand
| Niger
| Nigeria
| Oman
| Panama
| Paraguay
| Peru
| Republic of the Congo
| Republic South Africa
| Rwanda
| Saint Lucia
| São Tomé and Príncipe
| Saudi Arabia
| Senegal
| Sierra Leone
| Somalia
| Somaliland
| South Sudan
| Spain
| Sudan
| Sweden
| Switzerland
| Tanzania
| Togo
| Uganda
| United Kingdom
| USA
| Yemen
| Zambia
| Zimbabwe
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