genus

IolausHübner, 1819

Sapphires

species
4out of 676.0% covered
images
8

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

  • genusIolaus4 species8 images
    • speciesIolaus adamsiLathy, 1903
    • speciesIolaus albericiDufrane, 1945
    • speciesIolaus albomaculatusSharpe, 1904
    • speciesIolaus alexanderiWarren-Gash, 2000
    • speciesIolaus alienusTrimen, 1898
    • speciesIolaus anesiusHulstaert, 1924
    • speciesIolaus auricostalisButler, 1896
    • speciesIolaus aurivillii(Röber, 1900)
    • speciesIolaus australisStevenson, 19372 images
    • speciesIolaus bagusKheil, 1884
    • speciesIolaus berthaSuffert, 1904
    • speciesIolaus bilineataBethune-Baker, 1908
    • speciesIolaus bolissusHewitson, 1873
    • speciesIolaus brazzaSáfián & Collins, 2022
    • speciesIolaus brykiAurivillius, 1925
    • speciesIolaus bundaliSáfián & Bayliss & Congdon, 2022
    • speciesIolaus canissusHewitson, 1873
    • speciesIolaus carinaHewitson, 1873
    • speciesIolaus carolinaeCollins & Larsen, 2000
    • speciesIolaus cervinusRöber, 1887
    • speciesIolaus coelestisBethune-Baker, 1926
    • speciesIolaus collinsiSáfián & Bayliss & Congdon, 2022
    • speciesIolaus cottoniBethune-Baker, 1908
    • speciesIolaus crawshayi
    • speciesIolaus diaeusHewitson, 1865recorded as Tajuria diaeus1 image
    • speciesIolaus djaloniCollins & Larsen, 1998
    • speciesIolaus dubiosaStempffer & Bennett, 1959
    • speciesIolaus elisaSuffert, 1904
    • speciesIolaus emmaSuffert, 1904
    • speciesIolaus eurisus(Cramer, 1779)1 image
    • speciesIolaus francisiGardiner, 2025
    • speciesIolaus freyaallanaeSáfián, 2022
    • speciesIolaus gabunica
    • speciesIolaus gatamaiyuSáfián & Collins, 2022
    • speciesIolaus illurgisHewitson, 1869
    • speciesIolaus ivaniSáfián & Collins, 2022
    • speciesIolaus jadwigaeSáfián, 2017
    • speciesIolaus jalysus(Felder, 1865)
    • speciesIolaus julianusStaudinger, 1891
    • speciesIolaus juliusStaudinger, 1891
    • speciesIolaus kuhneiRöber, 1887
    • speciesIolaus kupeSáfián, 2017
    • speciesIolaus liberianaSáfián, 2017
    • speciesIolaus likpeCollins & Larsen, 2003
    • speciesIolaus longicaudaStempffer & Bennett, 1959
    • speciesIolaus luculentusLeech, 1890
    • speciesIolaus manasei(Libert, 1993)
    • speciesIolaus marmoreus(Butler, 1866)
    • speciesIolaus matildaSuffert, 1904
    • speciesIolaus mildbraediSchultze, 1912
    • speciesIolaus moyambinaStempffer & Bennett, 1959
    • speciesIolaus nasisii(Riley, 1928)
    • speciesIolaus newportiLarsen, 1994
    • speciesIolaus njombeSáfián & Bayliss & Congdon, 2022
    • speciesIolaus nurseiButler, 1896
    • speciesIolaus obscurusAurivillius, 19244 images
    • speciesIolaus orientiusHulstaert, 1924
    • speciesIolaus penningtoniStempffer & Bennett, 1959
    • speciesIolaus sapphirhinusRöber, 1887
    • speciesIolaus schultzei(Aurivillius, 1905)
    • speciesIolaus scintillansAurivillius, 1905
    • speciesIolaus sciophilus(Schultze, 1915)
    • speciesIolaus stewartiHeath
    • speciesIolaus theodoriStempffer, 1970
    • speciesIolaus thurauiSuffert, 1904
    • speciesIolaus uluguruSáfián & Bayliss & Congdon, 2022
    • speciesIolaus vexillariusClench, 1964

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)