Iolaus sibella

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Iolaus sibella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species:
I. sibella
Binomial name
Iolaus sibella
(H. H. Druce, 1910) [1]
Synonyms
  • Epamera sibellaH. H. Druce, 1910
  • Iolaus (Epamera) sibella

Iolaus sibella is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri), Uganda, western Kenya and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii and Englerina woodfordioides .

References

  1. Savela, Markku (September 6, 2018). "Iolaus sibella (Druce, 1910)". 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 2012-08-30.