Iolaus lukabas

Iolaus lukabas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species: I. lukabas
Binomial name
Iolaus lukabas
Druce, 1890[1]
Synonyms
  • Iolaus (Philiolaus) lukabas
  • Jolaus julius Staudinger, 1891
  • Argiolaus lekanion Druce, 1891

Iolaus lukabas, Druce’s Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop) and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of gallery forests and dry forest.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Loranthus incanus and Phragmanthera capitata. They are green and resemble the flowers on which they feed.

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