Iolaus sidus
| Iolaus sidus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. sidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus sidus Trimen, 1864[1] | |
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The Red-line Sapphire or Red-line Sapphire Blue (Iolaus sidus) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from South Africa to Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and then to Kenya and Uganda. In South Africa it is found from the coastal woodland in the East Cape to Tongaland and Bedford, the thorn belt of KwaZulu-Natal and then to Swaziland and Mpumalanga.
The wingspan is 28–31 mm for males and 29-32.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with peaks in summer.[2]
The larvae feed on Moquinella rubra, Tieghemia quinquenervia, Tapinanthus oleifolius, Tapinanthus kraussianus, Tapinanthus brunneus and Tapinanthus subulatus.
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External links
- Images representing Iolaus sidus at Barcodes of Life
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68 g