Iolaus nasisii ( Riley, 1928 )

Sáfián, Szabolcs & Pyrcz, D Tomasz W., 2020, Further data on the butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mpanga Forest, Uganda, and the role of this forest in biodiversity conservation, Metamorphosis 31 (1), pp. 7-14 : 12

Iolaus nasisii ( Riley, 1928)

A single male of this East and Southern African woodland butterfly was captured by Zdenek Fric just outside Mpanga Forest on a shrubby hilltop next to the Mpigi – Masaka road, during the field trip after the second Afrotropical Lepidoptera Workshop , held in Uganda in October 2016 (see Baron et al., 2017). The record was of debate, since the specimen differed from those examined from Zambia and South Africa. However, the type locality of I. nasisii is “Nasisi Hills 20 miles N. of Munias” (misspelt version of Mumias???), in Kenya near Lake Victoria ( Riley, 1928) and therefore the Ugandan collection should be considered as original I. nasisii and the status of other taxa involved need further clarification.