Official Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa
Metamorphosis Volume 28 (2017), Part 1 Articles: 2 - 10
Publication Date : 2017-04-21
Author/s : Szabolcs Sáfián

Title :

Three new species in the genus Iolaus Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from West Africa 

Abstract :

Two new species, Iolaus jadwigae sp.nov. and I. liberiana sp.nov., were collected recently in Liberia during field surveys in the Putu Range and the Nimba Mountains, respectively. They are described with I. kupe sp.nov., a third species, which was recognised as undescribed in the Lepidoptera collection of the African Butterfly Research Institute, Nairobi, collected in the Gulf of Guinea Highlands (Mount Kupe, Cameroon).

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Keywords:

Iolaus jadwigae, Iolaus liberiana, Iolaus kupe, Afrotropical Region, Liberian sub-region, Gulf of Guinea Highlands, orophily, endemism.

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