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Iolaus ismenias

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Species of butterfly

Iolaus ismenias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species: I. ismenias
Binomial name
Iolaus ismenias
(Klug, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena ismenias Klug, 1834
  • Iolaus (Philiolaus) ismenias

Iolaus ismenias, the white sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of dry savanna.

The larvae feed on Loranthus species.

Subspecies

  • Iolaus ismenias ismenias (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)
  • Iolaus ismenias piaggiae Oberthür, 1883 (Ethiopia)

References

  1. Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-31.

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Taxon identifiers
Iolaus ismenias


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