Iolaus alienus
| Iolaus alienus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. alienus |
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| Iolaus alienus (Trimen, 1898)[1] | |
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Iolaus alienus
The Brown-line Sapphire (Iolaus alienus) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in most of sub-Saharan Africa.
The wingspan is 33–37 mm for males and 35–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to November (with a peak in September) and sometimes again from April to May in South Africa. There are two generations per year.[2]
Larvae have been reported on Loranthus species. The larvae of ssp. alienus feed on Tapinanthus brunneus, Tapinanthus subulatus, Oliverella rubroviridis and Helixanthera kirkii.
Subspecies
- Iolaus alienus alienus (from KwaZulu-Natal and Transvaal to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, southern Tanzania)
- Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905 (northern Cameroon, northern Nigeria, Upper Volta)
- Iolaus alienus ugandae Stempffer, 1953 (Kenya, Uganda, southern Sudan)
- Iolaus alienus sophiae Henning & Henning, 1991
References
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External links
- Images representing Iolaus alienus at Barcodes of Life
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 b and c as bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905 (synonym).
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