Iolaus stenogrammica

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Iolaus stenogrammica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species:
I. stenogrammica
Binomial name
Iolaus stenogrammica
(Riley, 1928) [1]
Synonyms
  • Epamera laon stenogrammicaRiley, 1928
  • Iolaus (Epamera) stenogrammica

Iolaus stenogrammica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sankuru) and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii and Agelanthus krausei .

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.