Iolaus frater
| Iolaus frater | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. frater |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus frater (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Iolaus frater, the Brotherly Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of upland forests, just below the submontane level.
The larvae feed on Tapinanthus erectotruncatus and Tapinanthus dependens.
Subspecies
- Iolaus frater frater (Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo and North Kivu)
- Iolaus frater kamerunica (Riley, 1928) (Cameroon)
- Iolaus frater kumboae (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (eastern Nigeria, Bioko)
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