Iolaus laonides

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Iolaus laonides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species:
I. laonides
Binomial name
Iolaus laonides
Synonyms
  • Iolaus (Epamera) laonidesAurivillius, 1898
  • Iolaus (Philiolaus) laonides

Iolaus laonides, the emerald sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop) and Cameroon. [3] The habitat consists of forests.

References

  1. Larsen, T.B. (2020) [amended version of 2011 assessment]. "Iolaus laonides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T159887A176509387. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159887A176509387.en . Retrieved 8 August 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 2012-08-31.