- Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838: 506.
Syntype; d16fa42a-ffa3-460d-917f-dd1a65b66be9; Madagascar
- Xiphidium [sic] iris Serville, 1838 in Stål, 1861: 323.
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- Palotta inornata Walker, 1869: 250.
Holotype; male; 14efd049-f064-4316-bcfb-1d4f7f54bddb; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone
- Xiphidium [sic] iris Serville, 1838 in Gerstaecker, 1873: 30.
- Xiphidium [sic] iris Serville, 1838 in Stål, 1874: 112.
- Xiphidium [sic] africanum Redtenbacher, 1891: 516.
Holotype; female; 973f178b-2dde-4ca1-9427-bf7a9a2a055f; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Gabon
- Xiphidium [sic] guineense Redtenbacher, 1891: 518.
Holotype; female; 6906acf6-2cc4-4162-843e-456e43dfd31c; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); Gabon
- Xiphidium [sic] (Xiphidium) [sic] iris Serville, 1838 in Redtenbacher, 1891: 492, 515.
- Xiphilidium [sic] iris (Serville, 1838) in Saussure, 1899: 618.
- Xiphidium [sic] guineense Redtenbacher, 1891 in Kirby, 1906: 280.
- Palotta inornata Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1906: 279.
- Anisoptera iris (Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1906: 279.
- Anisoptera africanum (Redtenbacher, 1891) in Kirby, 1906: 279.
- Xiphidium [sic] (Xiphidion) iris Serville, 1838 in Karny, 1907: 94.
- Xiphidium [sic] guineense Redtenbacher, 1891 in Griffini, 1908: 69.
- Xiphidium [sic] guineense Redtenbacher, 1891 in Griffini, 1909: 20.
- Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838 in Sjöstedt, 1910: 140.
- Palotta inornata Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838) in Karny, 1912: 12.
- Conocephalus (Palotta) iris (Serville, 1838) in Karny, 1912: 12.
- Palotta inornata Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838) in Rehn & Hebard, 1915: 157.
- Conocephalus (Palotta) iris (Serville, 1838) in Rehn & Hebard, 1915: 157.
- Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838 in Bruner, 1920: 124.
- Xiphidion africanum Redtenbacher, 1891 in Bruner, 1920: 124.
- Xiphidion guineense Redtenbacher, 1891 in Bruner, 1920: 124.
- Conocephalus inaequalis Uvarov, 1928: 351.
Holotype; male; 047bd217-307f-4fea-aad6-99666423a564; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);
- Conocephalus iris (Serville, 1838) in Chopard & Kevan, 1954: 340.
- Conocephalus (Palotta) iris (Serville, 1838) in Chopard, 1955: 279.
- Xiphidium [sic] guineense Redtenbacher, 1891 in Ragge & Roy, 1961: 107.
- Palotta inornata Walker, 1869 in Pitkin, 1977: 647.
- Conocephalus iris (Serville, 1838) in Popov, 1981: 126.
- Palotta inornata Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838) in Otte, 1997: 46.
- Conocephalus (Xiphidion) iris (Serville, 1838) in Otte, 1997: 46.
- Conocephalus (Anisoptera) iris (Serville, 1838) in Hemp, 2013: 312.
- Conocephalus inaequalis Uvarov, 1928 in Heller, Hemp, Liu & Volleth, 2014: 369.
- Conocephalus inaequalis Uvarov, 1928 (subjective synonym of Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838) in Heller, 2019: 51.
- Xiphidium [sic] africanum Redtenbacher, 1891 (subjective synonym of Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838) in Heller, 2019: 51.
- Xiphidium [sic] guineense Redtenbacher, 1891 (subjective synonym of Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838) in Heller, 2019: 51.
- Conocephalus (Anisoptera) iris (Serville, 1838) in Naskrecki & Guta, 2019: 16.
- Conocephalus iris (Serville, 1838) in Heller, 2019: 51, 59.