Iolaus manasei (Libert, 1993)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.4314/met.v33i1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A723BEEA-001A-4453-84B4-4D81773F9FC1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487C5-3D08-1B1F-487D-9755D3ACFC77
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Iolaus manasei (Libert, 1993)
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Holotype in the original description (Libert, 1993) and the illustration of male in Collins & Larsen (2008).

1♂ CAMEROON, Tabenkem (Mount Tabenken), Northwest Cameroon; 6°31'8.68"N, 10°44'47.42"E; 1800– 2200 m asl; ABRI leg. Gen. GoogleMaps prep.: SAFI00150 ; 1♀ CAMEROON, Tabenkem (Mount Tabenken), Northwest Cameroon; ABRI leg.; Gen. prep.: SAFI00151 ; 4♂♂ CAMEROON, Tabenkem (Mount Tabenken), Northwest Cameroon; ABRI leg. 1997, 2010, 2012; ♂ CAMEROON, Bafut-Nouemba (Bafut-Ngemba Forest), Northwest Cameroon; Leg.: S. Collins ; 2♀♀ CAMEROON, Tabenken , Northwest Cameroon; ABRI leg; 3♀♀ CAMEROON, Santa , Northwest Cameroon; i.1996, i– ii.1997; Leg.: S.C. Collins .

( Figs 1B, E View Figure 1 ; 2B, E View Figure 2 ; 3B View Figure 3 ; 4B, E; 5B View Figure 5 ; 6B View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 ). All deposited in ABRI.

Note: On the basis of male genitalia characters as established by Henning & Henning (1984) and examined in all three taxa in the complex (see material above), I. manasei is clearly a member of the I. silas species group and therefore should be listed in the subgenus Argiolaus and not in Philiolaus as cited in d’Abrera (2009) and subsequently in Collins et al. (2014).