Iolaus pollux

Iolaus pollux
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. pollux
Binomial name
Iolaus pollux Aurivillius, 1895 [1]
Synonyms
Jolaus (Epamera) polluxAurivillius, 1895 Iolaus (Epamera) pollux Iolaus parvaBethune-Baker, 1926 Epamera pollux albocaeruleaRiley, 1929 Epamera pollux oberthueriRiley, 1929

Iolaus pollux, the Pollux sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Agelanthus krausei .

Subspecies

• Iolaus pollux pollux (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Iolaus pollux albocaerulea(Riley, 1929) (Uganda, western Kenya, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Lualaba and Uele)
• Iolaus pollux oberthueri(Riley, 1929) (Ivory Coast)

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.