Iolaus hemicyanus
Species of butterfly
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. hemicyanus |
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Iolaus hemicyanus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii and Phragmananthera usuiensis.
Subspecies
- Iolaus hemicyanus hemicyanus (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Iolaus hemicyanus barbara Suffert, 1904 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)
- Iolaus hemicyanus barnsi (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Kivu, Maniema, Sankuru and Lualaba)
References
- ^ Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Iolaus hemicyanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T160477A5369200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160477A5369200.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
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- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68 g ssp. barbara Suffert, 1904
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