Biology:Iolana

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Iolana
כחליל הקרקש (lolana alfierii) הזדווגות בנחל אליאב 5 באפריל 2014.jpg
Iolana alfierii
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Iolana
Bethune-Baker, 1914[1]

Iolana is a Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Species include:

  • Iolana iolas Ochsenheimer, 1816 iolas blue
    • Iolana iolas iolas Ochsenheimer, 1816 North Africa, South Europe, Asia Minor
    • Iolana iolas lessei (Bernardi, 1964) Armenia.
    • Iolana iolas debiliata (Schultz, 1905) or Iolana debilitata (Schultz, 1905) Morocco and Algeria
  • Iolana alfierii Wiltshire, 1948 Egypt
  • Iolana andreasi (Sheljuzhko, 1919) Iran
  • Iolana gigantea (Grum-Grshimailo, 1885) Afghanistan and Pakistan.

References

  1. Bethune-Baker, G.T., 1914. Synonymic notes on the Ruralidae Ent. Rec. 26: 159–164.
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q1758704 entry