| Iolaus scintillans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. scintillans |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905 [1] | |
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Iolaus scintillans, the scintillating sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Sudan and northern Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of very dry savanna.
The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii .
