Iolaus nolaensis
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. nolaensis
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Binomial name | |
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Iolaus nolaensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
The larvae feed on the Agelanthus species A. subulatus, A. sansibarensis, A. tanganyikae and A. scassellatii.
Subspecies
[edit]- Iolaus nolaensis nolaensis (Republic of the Congo: Haute Sangha)
- Iolaus nolaensis amanica (Stempffer, 1951) (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains, Zambia)
References
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- ^ 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 2012-08-29.