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Hemiolaus Aurivillius, [1922]
Hemiolaus Aurivillius, [1922]; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 382, TS: Iolaus caeculus Hopffer
Hemiolaus (Iolaini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 437
Hemiolaus (Hypolycaenini) ; [BK, 201]
Hemiolaus (Hypolycaenina) ; [AfrL]
Hemiolaus caeculus (Hopffer, 1855)
-. See [About maps] Azure Hairstreak
Iolaus caeculus Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 642
Hypolycaena dolores Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 57, TL: Mhonda, Deutsch-Ost-Africa
Hypolycaena coeculus[sic] obscurus Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 60, TL: Mhonda, Deutsch-Ost-Africa
Hypolycaena caeculus ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 52
Hemiolaus caeculus ; [EBW]; [AfrL]

Larva on Olax [BK]

H. c. caeculus
Cape, Natal, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Malawi, E.Zambia, SE.Tanzania Hemiolaus caeculus caeculus ; [BAFR, 511]; [AfrL]
H. c. littoralis Stempffer, 1954
coastal (E.Kenya, E.Tanzania), Usambara Mts Hemiolaus caeculus littoralis ; [BAFR, 511 (text)]; [BK: 201, pl. 20, f. 243]; [AfrL]
H. c. vividus Pinhey, 1962
W.Zambia, SW.Tanzania, S.Zaire (SE.Shaba) Hemiolaus caeculus vividus ; [BAFR, 511 (text)]; [AfrL]
H. c. tsodiloensis (Pinhey, 1969)
N.Botswana (Okavango R.) Iolaus caeculus tsodiloensis Pinhey, 1969; Arnoldia, Rhodesia 4 (8): 1
Hemiolaus caeuculus tsodiloensis ; [BAFR, 511 (text)]
Hemiolaus caeculus tsodiloensis ; [AfrL]
Hemiolaus ceres (Hewitson, 1865)
Madagascar. See [About maps] Myrina ceres Hewitson, 1865; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 39, pl. 17, f. 63 ♂, TL: Amazoulou
Hemiolaus ceres ; [BAFR, 511]; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Hemiolaus cobaltina (Aurivillius, 1899)
N.Madagascar, NW.Madagascar. See [About maps] Hypolycaena cobaltina Aurivillius, 1899; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 317, TL: Madagascar
?varnieri (Stempffer, 1944) (Hypolycaena); Ann. Soc. net. Fr. 111: 118, TL: Madagascar
Hemiolaus varnieri Stempffer & Bennet, 1958
= ; [MadL, fn. 94]
Hypolycaena margites Mabille, 1900; Bull. Mus. hist. nat. Paris 5 : 375, TL: Madagascar
= ; [MadL, fn. 94]
Hemiolaus cobaltina ; [BAFR, 511]
Hemiolaus varnieri ; [BAFR, 511]
Hemiolaus margites ; [BAFR, 511]
Hemiolaus cobaltina ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Hemiolaus maryra (Mabille, [1887])
Madagascar. See [About maps] Hypolycaena maryra Mabille, [1887]
Hemiolaus maryra ; [BAFR, 511]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[MadL]
Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1899
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 1-561, pl. 1-6
Aurivillius, [1922]
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Hewitson, 1865
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Hopffer, 1855
[Lepidoptera Diurna] Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 639-643
Mabille, 1900
Description de Lépidoptčres de Madagascar Bull. Mus. hist. nat. Paris 5 : 373-375
Pinhey, 1969
A new race of Iolaus (Hemiolaus) coeculus (Hopffer) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Arnoldia, Rhodesia 4 (8): 1-4, 3 gis
Suffert, 1904
Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12-107, pl.

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