Etesiolaus

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Etesiolaus
Etesiolaus catori, figure 14
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Iolaini
Genus: Etesiolaus
Stempffer & Bennett, 1959

Etesiolaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Taxonomy

The genus was previously treated as a subgenus of Iolaus, but was raised to genus level by Collins et al. in 2003.[1]

Species

  • Etesiolaus catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
  • Etesiolaus kyabobo (Larsen, 1996)
  • Etesiolaus pinheyi Kielland, 1986

References

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  1. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  • "Etesiolaus Stempffer & Bennett, 1959" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Etesiolaus


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