• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Three-tailed Sapphire

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Iolaus (Epamera) silanus alticola	(Stempffer, 1961)
  Iolaus (Epamera) silanus rondo	(Congdon & Collins, 1998)
  Iolaus (Epamera) silanus silanus	Grose-Smith, 1889
  Iolaus (Epamera) silanus silenus	(Hawker-Smith, 1928)
  Iolaus (Epamera) silanus zanzibarica	(Congdon & Collins, 1998)

• Iolaus (Epamera) silanus is a member of the clade Iolaus pollux:

• Species	Author
  Iolaus (Epamera) helenae	Henning & Henning, 1989
  Iolaus (Epamera) malaikae	Bayliss, Collins & Congdon, 2016
  Iolaus (Epamera) nolaensis	(Stempffer, 1951)
  Iolaus (Epamera) pollux	Aurivillius, 1895
  Iolaus (Epamera) pseudopollux	Stempffer, 1962
  Iolaus (Epamera) silanus	Grose-Smith, 1889

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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