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Iolana Bethune-Baker, 1914

Iolana Bethune-Baker, 1914; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 26 (6): 162, TS: Lycaena iolas Ochsenheimer
Iolana (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 153]
Iolana (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449

Iolana gigantea (Grum-Grshimailo, 1885)

Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Afghanistan, Pakistan. See [About maps] Lycaena gigantea Grum-Grshimailo, 1885; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 2 : 215, TL: [Uchkorgon, N slope of Alaisky Mts., Kirghizia]
iphicles (Staudinger, 1886)
?giganthea ; (missp.)
Iolana gigantea ; [BRU2: 153, pl. 65, f. 16-18]

Larva on Colutea paulsenii [BRU2, 153]

Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)

NAF, SEU, Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Iran, Iraq. See [About maps] Iolas Blue Espantalobos
Lycaena iolas Ochsenheimer, 1816; Schmett. Eur. 4: 144
bureschi Hemming, 1931
Iolana iolas, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Iolana iolas, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Iolana iolas ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 9, f. 30-31]; [BRU2: 153, pl. 65, f. 19-21]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Colutea cilicica [BRU2, 154]

I. i. lessei (Bernardi, 1964)

Armenia, Talysh chritinae Betti, 1977
cappadocia Betti, 1977
Iolana iolas lessei ; [BRU2, 153]

I. i. debiliata (Schultz, 1905)

Morocco (Tizi-n-Test), Algeria Lycaena iolas var. debiliata Schultz, 1905; Ent. Z. Frankf. a. M. 19 (4): 18, TL: Algeria
Lycaena iolas var. powelli Oberthür, 1911; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1911 : 268, TL: Géryville [El Bayadh] (Algeria)
?debilitata ; (spell.?)
Iolana iolas debiliata ; [BMAT: 36, pl. 11, f. 47-52]

600x435 (~115Kb) underside Morocco, Djebel Lekst, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

600x435 (~50Kb) underside Morocco, Djebel Lekst, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre

Larva on Colutea arborescens [BMAT]

Iolana andreasi (Sheljuzhko, 1919)

Kopet-Dagh, Iran. See [About maps] Lycaena andreasi Sheljuzhko, 1919; Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 1 (16): 129, TL: Firüza ad Askhabad, prov. Transcaspica
Iolana andreasi ; [BRU2: 154, pl. 65, f. 22-24]

Iolana alfierii Wiltshire, 1948

Middle East, Egypt. See [About maps] Iolana alfierii Wiltshire, 1948; Bull. Soc. Fouad. 1^er Ent. 32: 219, pl. 1, f. 1-2, TL: Wadi el Rabaa, 1500m, South Sinai

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[BMAT]

Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[Jean Delacre]

http://homepage.mac.com/jdelacre

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[Michel Tarrier]

Michel R. Tarrier; Malaga, Spain; http://www.tarrier.org

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1914

Synonymic Notes on the Ruralidae Ent. Rec. J. Var. 26 (5): 133-136, (6): 159-164

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Grum-Grshimailo, 1885

Bericht über meine Reise in das Alai Gebiet (Correspondenz) in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 2 : 212-247

Oberthür, 1911

Sur une variété algérienne nouvelle de Lycaena Iolas Frr. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1911 : 268

Sheljuzhko, 1919

Neue paläarktische Lepidopteren-Formen Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 1 (16): 123-132

Wiltshire, 1948

The Lepidoptera of the Kingdom of Egypt. Part 1 & 2 Bull. Soc. Fouad. 1^er Ent. 32: 203-294, pl. 1-7 (1948), 33: 381-457, pl. 8-9 (1949)

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