Iolaus menas
| Iolaus menas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. menas |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus menas | |
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Iolaus menas, the blue savanna sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
The larvae feed on Loranthus species and Tapinanthus bangwensis.
Subspecies
- Iolaus menas menas (Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
- Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980) (northern Uganda, northern Kenya)
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- ↑ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina
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