Iolaus eurisus

Iolaus eurisus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. eurisus
Binomial name
Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, 1779) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio eurisusCramer, 1779 Iolaus (Iolaus) eurisus Jolaus thurauiSuffert, 1904 Papilio heliusFabricius, 1781 Iolaus vexillariusClench, 1964

Iolaus eurisus, the royal sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests and disturbed and dry areas.

Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies

• Iolaus eurisus eurisus (Guinea: from Conakry eastwards, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop)
• Iolaus eurisus helius(Fabricius, 1781) (Senegal, western Guinea)
• Iolaus eurisus vexillariusClench, 1964 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, Gabon)

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 2012-08-03.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 a