Iolaus scintillans
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] | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
References
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- ↑ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina
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