Iolaus bellina
| Iolaus bellina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. bellina |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus bellina (Plötz, 1880)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Iolaus bellina, the White-spot Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults of both sexes have been observed feeding from flowers.
The larvae feed on Loranthus species.
Subspecies
- Iolaus bellina bellina (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
- Iolaus bellina exquisita (Riley, 1928) (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Iolaus bellina maris (Riley, 1928) (Sao Tome)
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