Iolaus laonides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. laonides |
Binomial name | |
Iolaus laonides Aurivillius, 1898 [2] | |
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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.