Iolaus sibella
Species of butterfly
Iolaus sibella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. sibella |
Binomial name | |
Iolaus sibella (H. H. Druce, 1910)[1] | |
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Iolaus sibella is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri), Uganda, western Kenya and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii and Englerina woodfordioides.
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