Iolaus belli Hewitson (1869)

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[Iolaus (Epamera) belli Hewitson]
Iolaus belli Hewitson, 1869 [1862-1878] supplement: 9; pi. 4, figs. 33, 34. Iolaus (Epamera) belli: Stempffer and Bennett, 1959: 303.
This species was described from Sierra Leone, from a female which Stempffer and Bennett believe to be the female of sibella.^ Should this prove to be the case the name belli would have to supersede sibella.

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bibliographic citation: Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA

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