Iolaus farquharsoni
Species of butterfly
Iolaus farquharsoni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. farquharsoni |
Binomial name | |
Iolaus farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)[1] | |
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Iolaus farquharsoni, the Farquharson's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of open forests and secondary growth.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Loranthus incanus, Globimetula braunii and Globimetula anguliflora.
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