Iolaus crawshayi subsp. maureli, Dufrane, 1954

Sáfián, Szabolcs & Collins, Steve C., 2022, A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the subgenus Argiolaus Druce, 1891 from Kenya, Metamorphosis 33 (1), pp. 42-47 : 43

I. crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954

♂ neoallotype ETHIOPIA, Harar, Abyssinie. Leg.: Le Moult. Images were downloaded from the homepage of MRAC: https://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libr aries/biology/collections/lepidoptera/butterflies/RMCA-0682/taxon

2♂♂, ETHIOPIA, nr. Babile, Harar 4500 ft. Bred 7.ix.1995. Coll.: S.Collins. Gen. prep.: SAFI00216 , SAFI00217 , 1♀ ETHIOPIA, 30 km SE of Harar; 9°10′, 42° 30′; vi.1990, bred, Coll.: S.Collins, Gen. prep.: SAFI00218 ( Figs 1C,F ; 2C,F ; 3C ; 4C, F; 5C ; 6C ; 7 ) . All deposited in ABRI.

Figures

Figure 1 – Male adults: I. gatamaiyu (holotype) upperside – A, underside – D; I. manasei (Cameroon, Mount Tabenken) upperside – B, underside – E; I. crawshayi maureli (Ethiopia, Harar) upperside – C, underside – F.

Figure 2 – Male genitalia and aedeagi (laterial view): I. gatamaiyu (holotype, Gen. prep.: SAFI00148) – A, F; I. manasei (Cameroon, Mount Tabenken, Gen. prep.: SAFI00150) – B, E; I. crawshayi maureli (Ethiopia, Harar, Gen. prep.: SAFI00216) – C, F.

Figure 3 – Male genitalia (posterior view): I. gatamaiyu (holotype, Gen. prep.: SAFI00148) – A; I. manasei (Cameroon, Mount Tabenken, Gen. prep.: SAFI00150) – B; I. crawshayi maureli (Ethiopia, Harar, Gen. prep.: SAFI00216) – C.

Figure 5 – Female genitalia (lateral view). Iolaus gatamaiyu (paratype, Gen. prep.: SAFI00149) – A; I. manasei (Cameroon, Mount Tabenken, Gen. prep.: SAFI00151) – B; I. crawshayi maureli (Ethiopia, Harar, Gen. prep.: SAFI00218) – C.

Figure 6 – Female genitalia (papillae anales, lamellae post and antevaginalis ventral view). Iolaus gatamaiyu (paratype, Gen. prep.: SAFI00149) – A; I. manasei (Cameroon, Mount Tabenken, Gen. prep.: SAFI00151) – B; I. crawshayi maureli lamella only (Ethiopia, Harar, Gen. prep.: SAFI00218) – C.

Figure 7 – Type localities of I. gatamaiyu sp. nov. and other Iolaus species appearing in the comparison.