Iolaus neavei | |
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Horace Knight's illustration of a male accompanying Druce's description | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. neavei |
Binomial name | |
Iolaus neavei (H. H. Druce, 1910) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Iolaus neavei, or Neave's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. [3] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Agelanthus krausei .
The name honours Sheffield Airey Neave.