Iolaus sudanicus
| Iolaus sudanicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. sudanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905[1] | |
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Iolaus sudanicus, the Sudanian Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, southern Sudan and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of Sudan savanna and the Sahel.
The larvae feed on Loranthus species.
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