Iolaus

***Iolaus*** er en slekt av glansvinger som tilhører underfamilien stjertvinger (Theclinae).

## Utseende
Middelsstore stjertvinger, bakvingen med to lange stjerter. Oversiden er mer eller mindre skinnende blå. Undersiden er lyst gråbrun, gjerne med en mørk tverrlinje i ytre del eller en oransje flekk ved bakhjørnet av bakvingen.

## Levevis
De fleste artene har larver som lever på halvparasittiske planter i mistelteinfamilien.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Afrika sør for Sahara, dessuten i det sørlige Arabia, som biogeografisk er en del av Afrika, og nord til Israel.

## Systematisk inndeling

* sommerfugler (Lepidoptera)
** gruppe / overfamilie dagsommerfugler (Papilionoidea) 
*** familie glansvinger (Lycaenidae) 
**** delgruppe Lycaeninae (i vid forstand)
***** stjertvinger (Theclinae)
****** stamme Iolaini Riley, 1958
******* slekten ***Iolaus*** Hübner, 1819 – ca. 130 arter, Afrika
******** underslekten *Iolaus* Hübner, [1819]
********* *[[Iolaus bilineata]]* Bethune-Baker, 1908
********* *[[Iolaus bolissus]]* Hewitson, 1873
********* *[[Iolaus carina]]* Hewitson, 1873
********* *[[Iolaus eurisus]]* (Cramer, [1780])
******** underslekten *Epamera* Druce, 1891
********* *[[Iolaus aemulus]]* Trimen, 1895
********* *[[Iolaus aethes]]* Clench, 1965
********* *[[Iolaus aethria]]* Karsch, 1893
********* *[[Iolaus agnes]]* Aurivillius, 1898
********* *[[Iolaus alienus]]* (Trimen, 1898)
********* *[[Iolaus apatosa]]* (Stempffer, 1952)
********* *[[Iolaus aphnaeoides]]* Trimen, 1873
********* *[[Iolaus arborifera]]* (Butler, 1901)
********* *[[Iolaus aurivillii]]* Röber, 1900
********* *[[Iolaus australis]]* Stevenson, 1937
********* *[[Iolaus bakeri]]* (Riley, 1928)
********* *[[Iolaus banco]]* Stempffer, 1966
********* *[[Iolaus bansana]]* Bethune-Baker, 1926
********* *[[Iolaus belli]]* Hewitson, 1869
********* *[[Iolaus bellina]]* (Plötz, 1880)
********* *[[Iolaus coelestis]]* Bethune-Baker, 1926
********* *[[Iolaus creta]]* Hewitson, 1878
********* *[[Iolaus cytaeis]]* Hewitson, 1875
********* *[[Iolaus diametra]]* Karsch, 1895
********* *[[Iolaus dubiosa]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
********* *[[Iolaus farquharsoni]]* (Bethune-Baker, 1922)
********* *[[Iolaus flavilinea]]* (Riley, 1928)
********* *[[Iolaus fontainei]]* (Stempffer, 1956)
********* *[[Iolaus frater]]* (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
********* *[[Iolaus gemmarius]]* (Druce, 1910)
********* *[[Iolaus glaucus]]* Butler, 1886
********* *[[Iolaus handmani]]* (Gifford, 1965)
********* *[[Iolaus hemicyanus]]* Sharpe, 1904
********* *[[Iolaus iasis]]* Hewitson, 1865
********* *[[Iolaus jacksoni]]* (Stempffer, 1950)
********* *[[Iolaus kelle]]* Stempffer, 1967
********* *[[Iolaus laon]]* Hewitson, 1878
********* *[[Iolaus leonis]]* (Riley, 1928)
********* *[[Iolaus longicauda]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
********* *[[Iolaus maesa]]* (Hewitson, 1862)
********* *[[Iolaus mafugae]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
********* *[[Iolaus mermis]]* (Druce, 1896)
********* *[[Iolaus mimosae]]* Trimen, 1874
********* *[[Iolaus mongiro]]* Stempffer, 1969
********* *[[Iolaus moyambina]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)
********* *[[Iolaus nasisii]]* (Riley, 1928)
********* *[[Iolaus neavei]]* (Druce, 1910)
********* *[[Iolaus nolaensis]]* (Stempffer, 1951)
********* *[[Iolaus nursei]]* Butler, 1896
********* *[[Iolaus obscurus]]* Aurivillius, 1923
********* *[[Iolaus penningtoni]]* (Stempffer &  Bennett, 1959)
********* *[[Iolaus pollux]]* Aurivillius, 1895
********* *[[Iolaus pseudofrater]]* Stempffer, 1962
********* *[[Iolaus pseudopollux]]* Stempffer, 1962
********* *[[Iolaus sappirus]]* (Druce, 1902)
********* *[[Iolaus scintillans]]* Aurivillius, 1905
********* *[[Iolaus sciophilus]]* (Schultze, 1916)
********* *[[Iolaus sibella]]* (Druce, 1910)
********* *[[Iolaus sidus]]* Trimen, 1864
********* *[[Iolaus silanus]]* (Grose-Smith, 1889)
********* *[[Iolaus stenogrammica]]* (Riley, 1928)
********* *[[Iolaus sudanicus]]* Aurivillius, 1905
********* *[[Iolaus tajoraca]]* Walker, 1870
********* *[[Iolaus umbrosa]]* (Butler, 1886)
********* *[[Iolaus violacea]]* (Riley, 1928)
******** underslekten *Aphniolaus* Druce, 1902
********* *[[Iolaus pallene]]* (Wallengren, 1857)
******** underslekten *Philiolaus* Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
********* *[[Iolaus alcibiades]]* Kirby, 1871
********* *[[Iolaus calisto]]* (Westwood, 1851)
********* *[[Iolaus christofferi]]* Collins & Larsen, 2003
********* *[[Iolaus ismenias]]* (Klug, 1834)
********* *[[Iolaus laonides]]* Aurivillius, 1898
********* *[[Iolaus likpe]]* Collins & Larsen, 2003
********* *[[Iolaus lukabas]]* Druce, 1890
********* *[[Iolaus mane]]* Collins & Larsen, 2003
********* *[[Iolaus newporti]]* Larsen, 1994
********* *[[Iolaus paneperata]]* Druce, 1890
********* *[[Iolaus parasilanus]]* Rebel, 1914
********* *[[Iolaus poecilaon]]* (Riley, 1928)
********* *[[Iolaus theodori]]* Stempffer, 1970
********* *[[Iolaus vansomereni]]* (Stempffer &  Bennett, 1958)
******** underslekten *Iolaphilus* Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
********* *[[Iolaus aelianus]]* Staudinger, 1891
********* *[[Iolaus gabunica]]* (Riley, 1928)
********* *[[Iolaus henryi]]* (Stempffer, 1961)
********* *[[Iolaus iulus]]* Hewitson, 1869
********* *[[Iolaus jamesoni]]* (Druce, 1891)
********* *[[Iolaus menas]]* Druce, 1890
********* *[[Iolaus schultzei]]* Aurivillius, 1905
********* *[[Iolaus trimeni]]* Wallengren, 1875
******** underslekten *Argiolaus* Druce, 1891
********* *[[Iolaus aequatorialis]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
********* *[[Iolaus bergeri]]* (Stempffer, 1953)
********* *[[Iolaus caesareus]]* Aurivillius, 1895
********* *[[Iolaus cottrelli]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
********* *[[Iolaus crawshayi]]* (Butler, 1901)
********* *[[Iolaus dianae]]* Heath, 1983
********* *[[Iolaus iturensis]]* (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
********* *[[Iolaus kayonza]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
********* *[[Iolaus lalos]]* (Druce, 1896)
********* *[[Iolaus manasei]]* (Libert, 1993)
********* *[[Iolaus maritimus]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
********* *[[Iolaus montana]]* (Kielland, 1978)
********* *[[Iolaus ndolae]]* (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958)
********* *[[Iolaus pamae]]* Heath, 1994
********* *[[Iolaus silarus]]* Druce, 1885
********* *[[Iolaus silas]]* (Westwood, [1851])
********* *[[Iolaus stewarti]]* Heath, 1985
******** underslekten *Pseudiolaus* Riley, 1928
********* *[[Iolaus lulua]]* (Riley, 1944)
********* *[[Iolaus poultoni]]* (Riley, 1928)
******** underslekten *Tanuetheira* Druce, 1891
********* *[[Iolaus timon]]* (Fabricius, 1787)
******** underslekten *Trichiolaus* Aurivillius, 1898
********* *[[Iolaus mermeros]]* (Mabille, 1878)
********* *[[Iolaus argentarius]]* Butler, 1879
******** ukjent underslekt
********* *[[Iolaus alexanderi]]* Warren-Gash, 2003
********* *[[Iolaus bamptoni]]* (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
********* *[[Iolaus carolinae]]* Collins & Larsen, 2000
********* *[[Iolaus congdoni]]* (Kielland, 1985)
********* *[[Iolaus djaloni]]* Collins & Larsen, 1998
********* *[[Iolaus helenae]]* Henning & Henning, 1989
********* *[[Iolaus icipe]]* Collins & Larsen, 1998
********* *[[Iolaus normani]]* (Larsen, 1986)
********* *[[Iolaus shaba]]* Collins & Larsen, 1995

## Eksterne lenker
* 
* Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. [''Iolaus'' i The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ http://tolweb.org 
* www.funet.fi – ''Iolaus''