Iolaus penningtoni

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Iolaus penningtoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species:
I. penningtoni
Binomial name
Iolaus penningtoni
(Stempffer & Bennett, 1959) [1]
Synonyms
  • Epamera penningtoniStempffer & Bennett, 1959
  • Iolaus (Epamera) penningtoni

Iolaus penningtoni, the Pennington's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. [2] The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on the Helixanthera species H. kirkii and H. garciana . Young larvae feed on the flowers of their host plant.

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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 2012-08-30.