Sowerby, G.B. 1824. Description of a new species of Iridina. Zoological Journal 1: 53. Available electronically.

Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 11.
Sowerby, 1824. Zool. Jour. 1: 53, pl. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0280, Bahr Yousef, Egypte.