Iolaus ismenias

Iolaus ismenias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. ismenias
Binomial name
Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834) [1]
Synonyms
Lycaena ismeniasKlug, 1834 Iolaus (Philiolaus) ismenias

Iolaus ismenias, the white sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. ^[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

The larvae feed on Loranthus species.

Subspecies

• Iolaus ismenias ismenias (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)
• Iolaus ismenias piaggiaeOberthür, 1883 (Ethiopia)

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 d