Iolaus silanus
| Iolaus silanus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. silanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Iolaus silanus, the Three-tailed Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Agelanthus subulatus and Agelanthus sansibarensis.
Subspecies
- Iolaus silanus silanus (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
- Iolaus silanus alticola (Stempffer, 1961) (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
- Iolaus silanus rondo (Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania)
- Iolaus silanus silenus (Hawker-Smith, 1928) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Equateur and Lualaba)
- Iolaus silanus zanzibarica (Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania: Zanzibar)
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