Iolaus neavei

Iolaus neavei
Horace Knight's illustration of a male accompanying Druce's description
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species: I. neavei
Binomial name
Iolaus neavei
(Druce, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epamera neavei Druce, 1910[2]
  • Iolaus (Epamera) neavei

Iolaus neavei, the Neave's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Agelanthus krausei.

Subspecies

  • Iolaus neavei neavei (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele)
  • Iolaus neavei katera Talbot, 1937 (Uganda: west to the western shores of Lake Victoria and the Bwamba Valley, north-western Tanzania)

Etymology

The name honours Sheffield Airey Neave.

References

  1. ↑ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Druce, Hamilton H. (1910). "Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from tropical West Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1910 (1): 371–372; Pl. 35, Fig. 4.
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina


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