Iolaus lukabas
| Iolaus lukabas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. lukabas |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890[1] | |
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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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External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 67 f
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68 e as (synonym) julius Staudinger, 1891
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