Iolaus penningtoni
| Iolaus penningtoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. penningtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus penningtoni (Stempffer & Bennett, 1959)[1] | |
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Iolaus penningtoni, Pennington’s Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
The larvae feed on Helixanthera kirkii and Helixanthera garciana. Young larvae feed on the flowers of their host plant. When mature, they may occasionally feed on the leaves as well. The larvae vary in colour from green to pinkish orange, depending on the colour of the flowers upon which they are feeding.
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