Iolaus iasis

Iolaus iasis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. iasis
Binomial name
Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865 [2]
Synonyms
Iolaus (Epamera) iasis Jolaus berthaSuffert, 1904 Iolaus albomaculatusSharpe, 1904

Iolaus iasis, the iasis sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya. ^[3] The habitat consists of forests and savanna. The species has also been recorded in cocoa plantations.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Loranthus incanus and Tapinanthus bangwensis .

Subspecies

• Iolaus iasis iasis (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Iolaus iasis albomaculatusSharpe, 1904 (Uganda, western Kenya)

References

1. Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Iolaus iasis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T161235A5393153. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T161235A5393153.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 f