Iolaus ismenias

Iolaus ismenias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species: I. ismenias
Binomial name
Iolaus ismenias
(Klug, 1834)[1]
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.[2] 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


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