Iolaus fontainei

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Iolaus fontainei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species:
I. fontainei
Binomial name
Iolaus fontainei
(Stempffer, 1956) [1]
Synonyms
  • Epamera fontaineiStempffer, 1956
  • Iolaus (Epamera) fontainei

Iolaus fontainei, the Fontaine's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa and Uele), Uganda and north-western Tanzania. [2]

The larvae feed on Tapinanthus erectotruncatus and Tapinanthus dependens .

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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 2012-08-28.