Iolaus fontainei

Iolaus fontainei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species: I. fontainei
Binomial name
Iolaus fontainei
(Stempffer, 1956)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epamera fontainei Stempffer, 1956
  • Iolaus (Epamera) fontainei

Iolaus fontainei, Fontaine’s Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa and Uele), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2]

The larvae feed on Tapinanthus erectotruncatus and Tapinanthus dependens.

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