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



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Iolaus ndolae. Male. Left – upperside; right – underside. Wingspan: 37mm. Mufulira, Zambia, 4100'. Ex pupa. 4.X.82. M.A. Newport. (Henning collection - H366).
Type locality: Zambia: “Ndola, Northern Rhodesia”.

Diagnosis: The female of ndolae can be distinguished from that of silarus by the red submarginal band on the hindwing, which in ndolae is usually very narrowly separated into two spots, while in silarus it is a continuous band. In both sexes the underside of the antennae in ndolae are pale brown, often with whitish scaling towards the base of the shaft, while in silarus they are uniform dark brown (Congdon & Bampton, unpublished 2003).

Distribution: Zambia (north), Malawi, Tanzania (east), ?Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba).

Specific localities:

Zambia – Chisamba; Ndola (Mitchell); Mufulira (Heath, et al., 2002).

Habitat:

Early stages: Nothing published.

Larval food:

Erianthemum taborense (Engl.) Tieghem (Loranthaceae) [Kielland, 1990: ].

Vanwykia rubella Polh. & Wiens (Loranthaceae) [Congdon and Bampton, 2000: 35].

Erianthemum dregei (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Tieghem (Loranthaceae) [Congdon and Bampton, 2000: 35].

Erianthemum virescens (N.E. Br.) Wiens & Polh. (Loranthaceae) [Congdon and Bampton, 2000: 35].

Erianthemum schelei (Engl.) Tieghem (Loranthaceae) [Congdon and Bampton, 2000: 35].

Phragmanthera usuienesis usuiensis (Oliv.) M.G. Gilbert (Loranthaceae) [Congdon and Bampton, 2000: 35].

Phragmanthera proteicola (Engl.) Polh. & Wiens (Loranthaceae) [Congdon and Bampton, 2000: 35].

Tapinanthus erianthus (Sprague) Danser (Loranthaceae) [Heath, et al., 2002: 99]. According to Congdon & Bampton (unpublished 2003) this is incorrect.

Iolaus (Argiolaus) pamae Heath, 1994
Iolaus (Argiolaus) pamae Heath, 1994. Metamorphosis 5 (1): 31 (31).

Iolaus pamelae Heath, 1994. Ackery et al., 1995 [misspelling]


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