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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