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subspecies Lopaphus iolas iolas (Westwood, 1859)

• Common name(s):  Variable-Winged Lopaphus
• Images: (8) See all images

  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (22):
  • Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 145, pl. 19:2   >> Necroscia iolas
  • Wood-Mason. 1875. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 44(2):217   >> Note: female
  • Wood-Mason. 1877. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 46:348   >> Note: notes >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:367   >> Candaules iolas
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:539   >> Candaules jolas subsequent misspelling    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:1980
  • Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En. 1994. Malaysian Naturalist 48(1):8   >> Note: in Singapore >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Brock. 1995. Malayan Nat. Jour. 49(2):89   >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Tay & Seow-Choen. 1996. In Turner, I.M., Diong, S.S.L. Lim & P.K.L. Ng [Ed.]. Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Ecosystems 1:180   >> Note: foodplants in Malaysia and Singapore >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen. 1997. A guide to the stick and leaf insects of Singapore 77, fig. 54   >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Rabenstein & Hausleithner. 1998. Mitt. Internat. Entomol. Ver. Frankfurt 23(1/2):1 >> Note: foodplants, notes >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen. 1998. Serangga 3(1):89   >> Note: in UKM coll. >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Brock. 1999. Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 80, figs, 174   >> Note: variations, egg >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen & Goh. 1999. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl 264   >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen. 1999. In Briffett & Chew [Ed.]. State of the natural environment in Singapore 75   >> Note: in checklist of phasmids from Singapore >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen. 1999[1997]. Gardens´ Bulletin, Singapore 49(2):299, pl. 3e   >> Note: in Singapore, status isolated >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen. 2000. Illustrated Guide Stick and Leaf Insects Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 18-19, 27, pl. 47-48   >> Lopaphus iolus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 186   >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen. 2005. Phasmids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore 49   >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen. 2017. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Singapore 40, figs   >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Rabihah, Lailatul-Nadhirah & Azman. 2018. AIP Conference Proceedings 1940(020053):4   >> Note: Gunung Jerai, Kedah; commonest species >> Lopaphus iolas
  • Seow-Choen. 2021. A taxonomic guide to the stick insects of Peninsular Malaysia Volume 1 379, figs   >> Lopaphus iolas iolas
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 535   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Lopaphus iolas iolas
• See species iolas for additional information.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Malaya
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  OUMNH Oxford

• synonym sparnius (Stål, 1875)
• synonym subtilis (Redtenbacher, 1908)

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