Iolaus bansana
| Iolaus bansana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. bansana |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus bansana Bethune-Baker, 1926[1] | |
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Iolaus bansana is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Englerina woodfordioides and Oncocalyx fischeri.
Subspecies
- Iolaus bansana bansana (Cameroon)
- Iolaus bansana yalae (Riley, 1928) (western Kenya, eastern Uganda)
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