Iolaini

Tribe of butterflies

Iolaini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Iolaini
Riley, 1958
Genera

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The Iolaini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1][2]

Genera

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As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the following list of genera is preliminary:

  • Britomartis
  • Bullis
  • Charana
  • Creon
  • Dacalana
  • Etesiolaus
  • Iolaus[3] - includes Argiolaus, Epamera, Iolaphilus
  • Jacoona
  • Maneca
  • Manto
  • Mantoides
  • Matsutaroa
  • Neocheritra
  • Paruparo
  • Pratapa
  • Purlisa
  • Rachana - formerly Eliotia (preoccupied)
  • Stugeta
  • Suasa
  • Sukidion
  • Tajuria
  • Tanuetheira
  • Thrix
  • Trichiolaus

References

  1. ^ Tea, Yi-Kai; Liew, Nyok-Lin; Soong, Jonathan Wei; Barlow, Henry S. (November 2021). "On the Use of the Showy Mistletoe Helixanthera cylindrica (Santalales: Loranthaceae) as a Nectar Source for Butterflies in the Malay Peninsula, South-East Asia". The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 75 (4): 297–301. doi:10.18473/lepi.75i4.a8. ISSN 0024-0966. S2CID 244703369.
  2. ^ "フタオシジミ族のページ:リスト1". www.pteron-world.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  3. ^ Ducarme, Röbert (31 May 2018). "The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo" (PDF). Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. 29: 23–27.
Taxon identifiers
Iolaini


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