Iolaus ismenias

Iolaus ismenias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species: I. ismenias
Binomial name
Iolaus ismenias
(Klug, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena ismenias Klug, 1834
  • Iolaus (Philiolaus) ismenias

Iolaus ismenias, the White Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

The larvae feed on Loranthus species.

Subspecies

References

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