Iolaus gabunica
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. gabunica
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Binomial name | |
Iolaus gabunica | |
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Iolaus gabunica, the Gabon sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii.
Subspecies
[edit]- Iolaus gabunica gabunica (Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, western Kenya, Zambia)
- Iolaus gabunica mbami (Libert, 1993) (Cameroon)
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iolaus gabunica.
Wikispecies has information related to Iolaus gabunica.
- ^ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-30.