Swainson, 1830 subtribe iolaina riley, 1958 Iolaus pallene. Photo courtesy Jeremy Dobson



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Type locality: Uganda: “Tero Forest, S.E. Buddu, 3800 ft”.

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo (Sankuru, Lualaba, Uele), Uganda, Kenya (west), Zambia (north).

Specific localities:

Zambia – Ikelenge (Heath, et al., 2002).
Iolaus (Epamera) pollux oberthueri (Riley, 1929)
Epamera pollux oberthueri Riley, 1929 in Eltringham, 1929. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 77: 496 (475-504).

Type locality: Ivory Coast: “Ivory Coast”.

Distribution: Ivory Coast.

Specific localities:

Ivory Coast – Alepe in eastern Ivory Coast, on the Comoe River (Collins, et al., 2003); Tai (Warren-Gash teste Larsen, 2005a).

Iolaus (Epamera) pseudofrater Stempffer, 1962
Iolaus (Epamera) pseudofrater Stempffer, 1962. Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Afrique Noire (A) 24: 1167 (1135-1181).

Type locality: Uganda: “Kigezi, Kayonza Forest”.

Distribution: Uganda (south-west - Kigezi district).

Habitat:

Early stages: Nothing published.

Larval food: Nothing published.

Iolaus (Epamera) pseudopollux Stempffer, 1962
Iolaus (Epamera) pseudopollux Stempffer, 1962. Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Afrique Noire (A) 24: 1164 (1135-1181).

Type locality: Uganda: “Kigezi, Ruhiza 8000'”.

Distribution: Uganda (south-west).

Habitat:

Early stages: Nothing published.

Larval food:

Agelanthus zizyphifolius Engl. (Pohl.) & Wiens (Loranthaceae) [Congdon and Bampton, 2000: 35]

Iolaus (Epamera) sappirus (Druce, 1902)
Epamera sappirus Druce, 1902. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902: 117 (112-121).

Type locality: Sierra Leone: “Addah”.

Distribution: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (west and Cross River loop), Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (Kivu, Tshopo).

Specific localities:

Sierra Leone – Addah (TL).

Ivory Coast – Banco Forest (Warren-Gash teste Larsen, 2005a).

Common name: Jewel sapphire.

Habitat: Forest.

Habits: A not uncommon species (Larsen, 2005a).

Early stages: Nothing published.

Larval food: Nothing published.

Iolaus (Epamera) scintillans Aurivillius, 1905
Jolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905. Arkiv för Zoologi 2 (12): 13 (47 pp.).

Type locality: [West Africa]: “An der Küste von Kamerun bei Duala und an den Nigermündungen”.

Distribution: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast (north) (Warren-Gash, pers. comm., 2002), Ghana (north), Nigeria (north), Cameroon, Sudan (south), Uganda (north).

Common name: Scintillating sapphire.

Habitat: Very dry savanna (Larsen, 2005a).

Habits: The species is associated with acacia trees parasitized by Loranthaceae. Males often aggressively defend territories from perches on a clump of loranthus (Larsen, 2005a).

Early stages:
Seth-Smith, 1938 [larva and pupa; Ghana].
Larval food:

Globimetula braunii (Engl.) Danser (Loranthaceae) [Seth-Smith, 1938; Ghana; as sp of Loranthus].
gazei Druce, 1912 (as sp. of Epamera). Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 48: 129 (128-133). Nigeria: “S. Nigeria, Lagos”.

Iolaus (Epamera) sciophilus (Schultze, 1916)
Epamera sciophilus Schultze, 1916. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 81 (A.7.): 165 (159-167).

Type locality: Cameroon: “Gebiet des oberen Crossflusses bei Feintschang und Bascho”.

Distribution: Nigeria (Cross River loop), Cameroon (west).

Specific localities:

Nigeria – Uwet in the Cross River loop (Larsen, 2005a).

Cameroon – Upper Cross River (TL); Korup (Larsen, 2005a; single male).

Common name: Dark jewel sapphire.

Habitat: Forest (Larsen, 2005a).

Habits: A rare butterfly (Larsen, 2005a)

Early stages: Nothing published.

Larval food: Nothing published.

Iolaus (Epamera) sibella (Druce, 1910)
Epamera sibella Druce, 1910. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 372 (356-378).


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