Iolaus scintillans
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| Iolaus scintillans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. scintillans |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905[1] | |
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Iolaus scintillans, the Scintillating Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Sudan and northern Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of very dry savanna.
The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii.
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