Iolaus menas
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Iolaus menas | |
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| Seitz Fauna African Taf 67 (line d) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. menas
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| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus menas H. H. Druce, 1890[1]
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Iolaus menas, the blue savanna sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
The larvae feed on Loranthus species and Tapinanthus bangwensis.
Subspecies
- Iolaus menas menas (Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
- Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980) (northern Uganda, northern Kenya)
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (September 6, 2018). "Iolaus menas Druce, 1890". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/iolaus/#menas.
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_iolaina.doc.
External links
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Wikidata ☰ Q27926983 entry
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