Iolaus crawshayi

Iolaus crawshayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. crawshayi
Binomial name
Iolaus crawshayi (Butler, 1901) [1]
Synonyms
Argiolaus crawshayiButler, 1901 Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi Argiolaus crawshayi elgonaeStempffer & Bennett, 1958 Argiolaus crawshayi littoralisStempffer & Bennett, 1958 Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi kallebKoçak, 1996 Iolaus silas maureliDufrane, 1954 Argiolaus crawshayi niloticusStempffer & Bennett, 1958 Argiolaus crawshayi nyanzaeStempffer & Bennett, 1958

Iolaus crawshayi, the Crawshay's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. ^[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Erianthemum dregei and Phragmanthera usuiensis .

Subspecies

• I. c. crawshayi (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
• I. c. elgonae(Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Kenya, Uganda)
• I. c. littoralis(Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Tanzania: east and inland to Moshi and Korogwe and south to Lindi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Kenya: eastern lowlands and inland to Makindu, the Kitui district and Mount Marsabit)
• I. c. maureliDufrane, 1954 (Ethiopia, southern Somalia, north-eastern Kenya)
• I. c. niloticus(Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Uganda: West Nile district)
• I. c. nyanzae(Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Kenya: western highlands, Uganda: Jinja)

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.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68 c