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with black ground colour overlaid by extensive iridescent blue on upperside, and dirty white underside with black and orange submarginal lines and two tails at the tip of veins 1 and 2 and a small kick at the tip of vein 3 on the hindwing. Upperside blue colour of royal blue tone with no greenish or silverish tinge. Slightly less than basal half of forewing covered with blue, except along costa, where black extends almost to base, leaving a broad,
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black costal margin. Black outer margin very broad,
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at tornus. The outer edge of blue area evenly rounded, except in space 3 where edge of blue patch slightly lobed. Majority of hindwing covered with blue, except dark grey-black space 1a, along dark grey-black costa and the broad black margin between apex and tornus. Black margin tapers down from
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at apex to fine black marginal line at the end of vein 3. Androconia cover most of cell and upper part of wing to black costa, dark greasy grey-black with black, well-defined oval heart. Prominent black tornal spot present at the end of space 2, while the tip of space 1b entirely black. Tornal lobe dark claret-red, with black margin. Underside dirty white, with creamy tinge along forewing costa and very faint grey dusting along forewing and hindwing margin. Forewing with obsolete, slightly curving blackish submarginal line between veins 2 and 7. Forewing androconial hair tuft beige. On hindwing, narrow, pale orange inner submarginal line keeps strongly away from outer margin, reaching costa
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from apex. Outer submarginal line absent. Tornal spot at the end of space 1a claret-red, that in space 2 bright red, connected to tornal end of orange submarginal line. Tails black with white edge. Fringes short along outer margin of forewing, black on upperside, longer, grey along inner margin. Fringes black on hindwing outer margin, replaced by longer whitish hairs along inner margin. Fringes grey on forewing underside, white on hindwing. Head, thorax and abdomen black with greyish hairs on upperside, covered by white hairs on thorax underneath, abdomen with yellowish overlay. Palpi black on top, white below, twice as long as diameter of eyes. Eyes bald, black. Antennae black, speckled with tiny white dots underneath, only slightly thickened towards apex, their length shorter than half of forewing.
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EBFA1837FEE7FEE5" bold="true" box="[199,376,294,320]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
General morphology is like those of other species in the group as described above. Valvae very narrow, ending in long acute tip, which are evenly serrated. Cingulum short, triangular, the terminal cornutus on aedeagus broad, curving gently upwards. Cornutus on lower tip very strong and acute.
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EBFA1881FE52FE0F" bold="true" box="[199,461,400,426]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Description of female.</emphasis>
Forewing length:
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. Wingspan:
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. General appearance as females of other species in the subgenera
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EA8E18A5FDBFFE6B" box="[435,544,436,462]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Argiolaus</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49E96418A5FD53FE6B" box="[601,716,436,462]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Philiolaus</emphasis>
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with black ground colour overlaid by blue and orange spotting along outer margin on hindwing in spaces 1a, 2 and 3. Underside dirty white with black and/or orange-red submarginal lines and two tails at the tip of veins 1 and 2 and a small kick at the tip of vein 3 on hindwing. Blue colour of dull sky-blue tone, slightly darker towards the bases and with a whitish area in the apical corner of the blue patch on forewing. Less than half of forewing covered with blue basally, except along costa, where wing broadly black to base. Outer edge of blue area evenly rounded, with small, black, cell-closing tooth present. Basal half of hindwing covered with blue, between vein 1 and 6, dark grey between vein 6 and costa. Black submarginal streaks-spots inconspicuous, seen as darker black band in spaces 1b, 2, 3. Tornal lobe claret red with black margin, not conjoint with fused bright orange spotting in spaces 1b, 2 and 3. Tails black, edged with white. Underside colour and pattern and body identical to those of male.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EBFA1A06FE0AFC95" bold="true" box="[199,405,790,817]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Female genitalia.</emphasis>
Papillae analis medium (nearly
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), weakly sclerotized, flat and somewhat squat, with short hairs. Apophyses gently bent downwards, shorter than
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. Lamella antevaginalis strongly sclerotized, its terminal end slightly bilobed, anteriorly, ending in strongly sclerotized mouth of ductus. Mouth of ductus broad, half of ductus sclerotized, narrows down strongly before the mouth of bursa. Bursa copulatrix completely membranous, ovoid.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30E10A6CB430E49EBFA1AD9FD9FF998" pageId="10" pageNumber="56" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BAB432DCB430E49EBFA1AD9FD9FF998" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2029]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EBFA1AD9FE51FC47" bold="true" box="[199,462,968,994]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
On the upperside of the male
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49E8191AD8FC11FC47" box="[804,910,968,994]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
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(as well as in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EF0F1AD8FB03FC47" box="[1074,1180,968,994]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. njombe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the outer edge of the blue patch is rather evenly rounded. In males of
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49E9971AFDFC38FBA0" box="[682,935,1003,1029]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. maritimus usambara</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49E8E61AFDFBD5FBA0" box="[987,1098,1003,1029]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. uluguru</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the outer edge of the forewing blue patch is more lobed, particularly in space 1b. Their forewing outer edge is also almost straight, while slightly convex in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EA341D22FEEEFBE9" box="[265,369,1074,1100]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. njombe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EA981D22FD92FBE9" box="[421,525,1074,1100]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C1438AECB430E49E9271D22FD1DFBE9" authorityName="Sáfián &amp; Bayliss &amp; Congdon" authorityYear="2022" box="[538,642,1074,1100]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Iolaus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="njombe">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49E9271D22FD1DFBE9" box="[538,642,1074,1100]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. njombe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males have similar wingshape, but the hindwing black margin is evenly broad with only little blue scaling in spaces 2 and 3, and the margin tapers down towards the tornus in
<taxonomicName id="4C1438AECB430E49EE0C1D46FA03FBD5" authorityName="Sáfián &amp; Bayliss &amp; Congdon" authorityYear="2022" box="[1329,1436,1110,1136]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Iolaus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="collinsi">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EE0C1D46FA03FBD5" box="[1329,1436,1110,1136]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). The forewing underside submarginal line on the male is blackish and very faint in
<taxonomicName id="4C1438AECB430E49EE171D6BFA0AFB36" authorityName="Sáfián &amp; Bayliss &amp; Congdon" authorityYear="2022" box="[1322,1429,1145,1171]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Iolaus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="collinsi">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EE171D6BFA0AFB36" box="[1322,1429,1145,1171]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
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, the hindwing one is pale orange. In the female, the submarginal lines on both wings are pale orange, while in other species in the group the lines are bright orange, bright brick red or claret (
<figureCitation id="132F5FA8CB430E49E8E51DD1FB0EFB7E" box="[984,1169,1216,1243]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[183,1404,201,1902]" captionTargetId="figure-19@4.[162,1426,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Males: I. maritimus usambara (Tanzania, Usambara) upperside—A, underside—D; I. uluguru (holotype) upperside—B, underside—E; I. collinsi (holotype) upperside—C, underside—F; I. njombe (holotype) upperside—G, underside—J; I. stewarti (Malawi, Nyika Plateau) upperside—H, underside—K; I. bundali (holotype) upperside—I, underside—L." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6036699" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6036699/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Figs. 2D, E, F, J</figureCitation>
;
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). The tip of valvae in male genitalia of
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EAFC1DF5FDB6FB5B" box="[449,553,1252,1278]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
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are as long as in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49E9D81DF5FCF2FB58" box="[741,877,1252,1277]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. maritimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however, the valvae of
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EF471DF5FB7DFB5B" box="[1146,1250,1252,1278]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are significantly narrower (
<figureCitation id="132F5FA8CB430E49EA311C16FE0BFA84" box="[268,404,1287,1313]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1507,1531]" captionTargetBox="[171,1418,191,1469]" captionTargetId="figure-28@5.[151,1436,181,1484]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Male genitalia: I. maritimus usambara (Tanzania, Usambara, Gen. prep.: SAFI00375) lateral view—A, aedeagus— D; I. uluguru (holotype, Gen. prep.: SAFI00369) lateral view—B, aedeagus—E; I. collinsi (holotype, Gen. prep.: SAFI00359) lateral view—C, aedeagus—F; I. njombe (Tanzania, Njombe, Gen.prep.: SAFI00366) laterial view—G, aedeagus—J; I. stewarti (Malawi, Nyika Plateau, Gen. prep.: SAFI00210) lateral view—H, aedeagus—K; I. bundali (holotype, Gen. prep.: SAFI00212) lateral view—I, aedeagus—L." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6036703" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6036703/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Figs. 3A, C</figureCitation>
). The upperside of the females do not differ much, except their blue colour and the whitish area at the apical corner of the blue patch on the forewing, which is completely blue in
<taxonomicName id="4C1438AECB430E49EF411C3AFB72FAE0" authorityName="Sáfián &amp; Bayliss &amp; Congdon" authorityYear="2022" box="[1148,1261,1323,1349]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Iolaus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="uluguru">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EF411C3AFB72FAE0" box="[1148,1261,1323,1349]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. uluguru</emphasis>
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. The upperside blue colour in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EA001C5EFE37FACD" box="[317,424,1358,1384]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sky blue, slightly darker towards the bases, similarly to
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EF7B1C5EFAD6FACD" box="[1094,1353,1358,1384]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. maritimus usambara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, where the base is scattered with turquoise scales. The blue area is darker and even in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EF1F1C63FB0BFA2E" box="[1058,1172,1393,1419]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. uluguru</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while the blue is very light, almost whitish-blue in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EAE21C87FDD5FA0A" box="[479,586,1429,1455]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. njombe</emphasis>
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, slightly darker towards the bases (
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). In female genitalia, the ductus bursae narrows down to a bottleneck before the mouth of bursa copulatrix in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EF591CA8FB52FA77" box="[1124,1229,1464,1490]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EE3F1CA8FAF4FA77" box="[1282,1387,1464,1490]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. njombe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the latter has the ductus sclerotized almost to the bottleneck, while only the basal half of it is sclerotized in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EE651CCCFF58F9BC" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. collinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EBEB1F11FED9F9BC" box="[214,326,1535,1561]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. uluguru</emphasis>
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has an almost evenly broad ductus, while the ductus in
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49E8861F11FB23F9BC" box="[955,1212,1535,1561]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">I. maritimus usambara</emphasis>
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narrows down only moderately (
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EBFA1F57FE23F9C5" bold="true" box="[199,444,1606,1632]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Biology and habitat.</emphasis>
The two known specimens were found in montane forest on the high plateau of Mount Namuli. The larval foodplant is suspected to be
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49E9961F7BFC07F921" box="[683,920,1642,1668]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Erianthemum schelei</emphasis>
Tiegh.
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, the only Taxilloid
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found on the mountain.
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<subSubSection id="C30E10A6CB430E49EBFA1FA3FAD5F8B1" pageId="10" pageNumber="56" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EBFA1FA3FED1F969" bold="true" box="[199,334,1714,1740]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after Steve Collins, director of the African Butterfly Research Institute (ABRI). The species is dedicated to Steve specifically for all of the support and guidance he has given for the butterfly work on the expeditions carried out on the mountains of northern
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and southern
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.
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<subSubSection id="C30E10A6CB430E4DEBFA1E0FFD7EF8D7" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="60" pageId="10" pageNumber="56" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BAB432DCB430E49EBFA1E0FFB54F849" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2029]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB430E49EBFA1E0FFEDAF89D" bold="true" box="[199,325,1822,1848]" pageId="10" pageNumber="56">Discussion</emphasis>
. The species is currently known exclusively from Mount Namuli (
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) in northern
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, which is part of a collection of a range of mountains that straddle the border between northern
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and southern
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, including well known sites such as Mount Mabu in
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or Mount
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, and the
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Massif in
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. These mountains are the southernmost representatives of the East African tropical montane forest habitat, which are patchily distributed alongside both branches of the East African Rift but are also present on the higher slopes of the large volcanoes of
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,
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and
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.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAB432DCB420E48EBAA1E53FB34F863" blockId="11.[151,1437,1858,1990]" pageId="11" pageNumber="57">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB420E48EBAA1E53FE8BF8FF" bold="true" box="[151,276,1858,1882]" pageId="11" pageNumber="57">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Females:
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB420E48EA421E52FDF6F8FF" box="[383,617,1858,1882]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="57">I. maritimus usambara</emphasis>
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(Tanzania, Usambara) upperside—A, underside—D;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB420E48EFAE1E52FB66F8FF" box="[1171,1273,1858,1882]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="57">I. uluguru</emphasis>
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(paratype, Tanzania, Uluguru Mountains) upperside—B, underside—E;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB420E48E9D21E76FCCDF8DB" box="[751,850,1894,1918]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="57">I. collinsi</emphasis>
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(paratype, Mozambique, Mount Namuli) upperside—C, underside—F;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB420E48EA0D1E9AFE0DF807" box="[304,402,1930,1954]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="57">I. njombe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(paratype, Tanzania, Njombe) upperside—G, underside—J;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB420E48EF391E9AFBF2F807" box="[1028,1133,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="57">I. stewarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Malawi, Nyika Plateau) upperside—H, underside—K;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB420E48EA891EBEFD89F863" box="[436,534,1966,1990]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="57">I. bundali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(paratype, Tanzania, Bundali Hills) upperside—I, underside—L.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAB432DCB450E4FEBAA1E89FE20F85D" blockId="12.[151,1436,1944,2040]" pageId="12" pageNumber="58">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB450E4FEBAA1E89FE8CF815" bold="true" box="[151,275,1944,1968]" pageId="12" pageNumber="58">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Female genitalia (lateral view):
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB450E4FE9601E88FCDAF815" box="[605,837,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="58">I. maritimus usambara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Tanzania,
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prep.: SAFI00376)—A;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB450E4FEE631E88FF58F871" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="58">I. uluguru</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(paratype, Tanzania, Uluguru Mountains, Gen. prep.: SAFI00370)—B,
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB450E4FE8A31EACFC62F871" box="[926,1021,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="58">I. collinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(paratype, Mozambique, Mount Namuli, Gen. prep.: SAFI00360)—C.
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<paragraph id="8BAB432DCB440E4EEBAA1E95FF30F841" blockId="13.[151,1436,1924,2020]" pageId="13" pageNumber="59">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB440E4EEBAA1E95FE93F839" bold="true" box="[151,268,1924,1948]" pageId="13" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 8</emphasis>
. Female genitalia (lateral view):
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB440E4EE9641E94FD25F839" box="[601,698,1924,1948]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="59">I. bundali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(paratype, Tanzania, Bundali Hills, Gen. prep.: SAFI00213)—A;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB440E4EEE6F1E94FF23F865" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="59">I. stewarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Malawi, Nyika Plateau, Gen. prep.: SAFI00211)—B;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB440E4EE9CC1EB8FCCDF865" box="[753,850,1960,1984]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="59">I. njombe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(paratype, Tanzania, Njombe, Gen. prep.: SAFI00367)— C.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAB432DCB470E4DEBAA1CBBFC80F9AF" blockId="14.[151,1436,1450,1546]" pageId="14" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB470E4DEBAA1CBBFE8BFA67" bold="true" box="[151,276,1450,1474]" pageId="14" pageNumber="60">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Female genitalia (lamella antevaginalis and papillae analis ventral view):
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB470E4DEF311CBAFBF0FA67" box="[1036,1135,1450,1474]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="60">I. bundali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(paratype, Tanzania, Bundali Hills, Gen. prep.: SAFI00213)—A;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB470E4DE93F1CDEFDF7FA43" box="[514,616,1487,1510]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="60">I. stewarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Malawi, Nyika Plateau, Gen. prep.: SAFI00211)—B;
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<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB470E4DEFA91CDEFB65FA43" box="[1172,1274,1487,1510]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="60">I. stewarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(allotype, Zambia, Mafinga Hills)—C (redrawn from
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original).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BAB432DCB470E4DEBFA1F28FD7EF8D7" blockId="14.[151,1437,1592,1907]" pageId="14" pageNumber="60">
In recent years, there has been a concerted effort to survey the biodiversity of these mountain sites, especially of the mountains in northern
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. A series of scientific expeditions have been undertaken to them, and members of ABRI involved to collect and study the butterflies (
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Congdon
<emphasis id="B9609F3FCB470E4DE8F71F90FB9EF93F" box="[970,1025,1664,1690]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="60">et al.</emphasis>
2010
</bibRefCitation>
,
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). As a result, several new species have already been described (
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), although more are expected with further study effort and scientific expeditions to these mountains. It is therefore possible that
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occurs on other mountains in northern
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besides Mount Namuli. However, the forest habitat on Mount Namuli is under severe threat through local agricultural practices, and much has been removed since
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was first collected in 2008. Further forest loss needs to be prevented at Mount Namuli to ensure the survival of this species.
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