''Iolana'' is a
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...
.
Species include:
* ''
Iolana iolas''
Ochsenheimer, 1816 iolas blue
**''Iolana iolas iolas''
Ochsenheimer, 1816 North Africa, South Europe, Asia Minor
**''Iolana iolas lessei''
(Bernardi, 1964) Armenia.
**''Iolana iolas debiliata''
(Schultz, 1905) or ''
Iolana debilitata
''Iolana'' is a Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Species include:
* ''Iolana iolas'' Ochsenheimer, 1816 iolas blue
**''Iolana iolas iolas'' Ochsenheimer, 1816 North Africa, South Europe, Asia Minor
**''Iolana iolas lessei' ...
''
(Schultz, 1905) Morocco and Algeria
* ''
Iolana alfierii''
Wiltshire, 1948 Egypt
* ''
Iolana andreasi''
(Sheljuzhko, 1919) Iran
* ''
Iolana gigantea''
(Grum-Grshimailo, 1885) Afghanistan and Pakistan.
References
*Bridges, C. A. 1994. ''Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World''. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois.
Lycaenidae genera
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