Etesiolaus
| Etesiolaus | |
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| Etesiolaus catori, figure 14 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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
[edit]The genus was previously treated as a subgenus of Iolaus, but was raised to genus level by Collins et al. in 2003.[1]
Species
[edit]- Etesiolaus catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
- Etesiolaus kyabobo (Larsen, 1996)
- Etesiolaus pinheyi Kielland, 1986
References
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- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
External links
[edit]- "Etesiolaus Stempffer & Bennett, 1959" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms