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Hemiolaus Aurivillius, [1922]

Hemiolaus Aurivillius, [1922]; in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 13 (Lief. 306): 382, TS: Iolaus caeculus Hopffer
Hemiolaus (Hypolycaenini) ; [BK, 201]
Hemiolaus (Hypolycaenina) ; [AfrL]

Hemiolaus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)

-. See [About maps] Azure Hairstreak
Iolaus caeculus Hopffer, 1855
Iolaus caeculus Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855: 642
f. dolores Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17: 57 [dry-season]
Hemiolaus caeculus ; [EBW]; [AfrL]

Larva on Olax [BK]

H. c. caeculus

Cape, Natal, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Malawi, E.Zambia, SE.Tanzania Hemiolaus caeculus caeculus ; [BAFR, 511]; [AfrL]

H. c. littoralis Stempffer, 1954

coastal (E.Kenya, E.Tanzania), Usambara Mts Hemiolaus caeculus littoralis ; [BAFR, 511 (text)]; [BK: 201, pl. 20, f. 243]; [AfrL]

H. c. vividus Pinhey, 1962

W.Zambia, SW.Tanzania, S.Zaire (SE.Shaba) Hemiolaus caeculus vividus ; [BAFR, 511 (text)]; [AfrL]

H. c. tsodiloensis (Pinhey, 1969)

N.Botswana (Okavango R.) Iolaus caeculus tsodiloensis Pinhey, 1969; Arnoldia, Rhodesia 4 (8): 1
Hemiolaus caeuculus tsodiloensis ; [BAFR, 511 (text)]
Hemiolaus caeculus tsodiloensis ; [AfrL]

Hemiolaus ceres (Hewitson, 1865)

Madagascar. See [About maps] Myrina ceres Hewitson, 1865
Hemiolaus ceres ; [BAFR, 511]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Hemiolaus cobaltina (Aurivillius, 1899)

N.Madagascar, NW.Madagascar. See [About maps] Hypolycaena cobaltina Aurivillius, 1899
Hemiolaus varnieri Stempffer & Bennet, 1958

= ; [MadL, fn. 94]

margites (Mabille, 1899)

= ; [MadL, fn. 94]

Hemiolaus cobaltina ; [BAFR, 511]
Hemiolaus varnieri ; [BAFR, 511]
Hemiolaus margites ; [BAFR, 511]
Hemiolaus cobaltina ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Hemiolaus maryra (Mabille, [1887])

Madagascar. See [About maps] Hypolycaena maryra Mabille, [1887]
Hemiolaus maryra ; [BAFR, 511]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

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References:

[About maps]

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[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[EBW]

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

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

Some related literature:

Pinhey, 1969

A new race of Iolaus (Hemiolaus) coeculus (Hopffer) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Arnoldia, Rhodesia 4 (8): 1-4, 3 gis

Suffert, 1904

Neue afrikansche Tagfalter Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17: 12-107, pl.

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