Iolaus lukabas

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Iolaus lukabas
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Seitz Fauna Africana as julius (e)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species:
I. lukabas
Binomial name
Iolaus lukabas
Synonyms
  • Iolaus (Philiolaus) lukabas
  • Jolaus juliusStaudinger, 1891
  • Argiolaus lekanionH. H. Druce, 1891

Iolaus lukabas, or Druce's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop) and Cameroon. [2] The habitat consists of gallery forests and dry forest.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Loranthus incanus and Phragmanthera capitata . They are green and resemble the flowers on which they feed.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (September 6, 2018). "Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-31.