Iolaus hemicyanus

Iolaus hemicyanus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. hemicyanus
Binomial name
Iolaus hemicyanus Sharpe, 1904 [2]
Synonyms
Iolaus (Epamera) hemicyanus Jolaus brykiAurivillius, 1925 Epamera barbara toroensisRiley, 1929 Jolaus barbaraSuffert, 1904 Jolaus mildbraediSchultze, 1912 Epamera yokoanaBethune-Baker, 1926 Epamera barnsiJoicey & Talbot, 1921

Iolaus hemicyanus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. ^[3] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii and Phragmananthera usuiensis .

Subspecies

• Iolaus hemicyanus hemicyanus (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Iolaus hemicyanus barbaraSuffert, 1904 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)
• Iolaus hemicyanus barnsi(Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Kivu, Maniema, Sankuru and Lualaba)

References

1. Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Iolaus hemicyanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T160477A5369200. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160477A5369200.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-28.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68 g ssp. barbara Suffert, 1904