Iolaus silanus

Iolaus silanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. silanus
Binomial name
Iolaus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889 [1]
Synonyms
Iolaus (Epamera) silanus Epamera silanus alticolaStempffer, 1961 Epamera silanus rondoCongdon & Collins, 1998 Epamera silanus silenusHawker-Smith, 1928 Epamera silanus zanzibaricaCongdon & Collins, 1998

Iolaus silanus, the three-tailed sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Agelanthus subulatus and Agelanthus sansibarensis .

Subspecies

• Iolaus silanus silanus (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
• Iolaus silanus alticola(Stempffer, 1961) (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
• Iolaus silanus rondo(Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania)
• Iolaus silanus silenus(Hawker-Smith, 1928) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur and Lualaba)
• Iolaus silanus zanzibarica(Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania: Zanzibar)

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.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68 h